LT of Mar 08 - Silhouette

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i suppose most of u know wat silhouette means. most of the pics posted have 'silhouette'. but i would say, the pic not only should have silhouette in it, but also that the silhouette should either the subject or something which surround the subject, eg window etc.. I mean, we wouldnt be choosing a winning pic that looks good but only has 1 little corner of silhouette eh? :D

yes i think silhouette in photography normally means the whole theme and subject is the silhouette itself. rather than u have to find where's the unobvious silhouette hidden at the left corner or something which then in my terms it would mean it's has a silhouette at the top corner instead of silhouette photography.

Controversial theme of the month. :lol: I do hope this exercise can provoke everyone to give some good thoughts on the subject. For those who has posted not so good pics.. It doesn't matter if you fail, as long as you have really tried it. What bother us most are thoughtless submission. ;) For the rest, let's not be too critical about it. In the meantime, it's not too late to revise alittle, pack up ur gears and go walk walk shoot shoot!! :mrgreen: How To Photograph Silhouettes

i have to agree with some of you guys when you guys said that the only subject of the photo has to be in a form of silhoutte. BUT,at the same time,i must say that i do disagree with some other guys on what they said. silhoutte to me can only be achieved or attained when the subject itself is super under exposed till it only can be seen as a black object in which that means,there have to be a light source behind the sub so bright till the subject got under exposed. silhoutte is not a BLACK OBJECT,as in,literally BLACK object.if like that,i think it would have been so much easier right to get the right pictures for this theme,just simply get a subject that's BLACK in colour and just shoot it. so yah,just sharing my thoughts on this topic too..like many of you did. :)

i have to agree with some of you guys when you guys said that the only subject of the photo has to be in a form of silhoutte. BUT,at the same time,i must say that i do disagree with some other guys on what they said. silhoutte to me can only be achieved or attained when the subject itself is super under exposed till it only can be seen as a black object in which that means,there have to be a light source behind the sub so bright till the subject got under exposed. silhoutte is not a BLACK OBJECT,as in,literally BLACK object.if like that,i think it would have been so much easier right to get the right pictures for this theme,just simply get a subject that's BLACK in colour and just shoot it. so yah,just sharing my thoughts on this topic too..like many of you did. :) i dun think anyone mean 'literally BLACK objects'. they mentioned 'black' becos in photography, that's the colour a silhoutte will appear eh? :wink:

No matter how many definitions, this is what silhouette means in photography. What is a Silhouette? In photography, a silhouette is defined as an outline that appears dark against a light background. More specifically, it is where your subject is seen as a black shape without detail against a brighter background. This is an artistic outcome that many photographers like to perfect. This effect can be achieved with any kind of bright light source, but of course the most commonly used is the sun around sunrise or sunset. The backlighting from the sun shadows everything towards you and produces this effect. For more info, read the source.

i have to agree with some of you guys when you guys said that the only subject of the photo has to be in a form of silhoutte. BUT,at the same time,i must say that i do disagree with some other guys on what they said. silhoutte to me can only be achieved or attained when the subject itself is super under exposed till it only can be seen as a black object in which that means,there have to be a light source behind the sub so bright till the subject got under exposed. silhoutte is not a BLACK OBJECT,as in,literally BLACK object.if like that,i think it would have been so much easier right to get the right pictures for this theme,just simply get a subject that's BLACK in colour and just shoot it. so yah,just sharing my thoughts on this topic too..like many of you did. :) i dun think anyone mean 'literally BLACK objects'. they mentioned 'black' becos in photography, that's the colour a silhoutte will appear eh? :wink: yes. there's a clear difference between, - oh it's a photography with a silhouette of the window grill or a hand at the top left corner. (with other messy stuffs in place that is detailed) - and yes it's a silhouette photography. i can see the whole subject of it, the silhouette of buildings at the other bank ONLY, the silhouette of people against the sunrise ONLY.

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