February Photo Project: Silhouette

Hey guys!


It's that time again! Photo Project time....
The response to last month was great, but I know we can do even more. So lets get out there and shoot!




SILHOUETTE


This is the first of the member suggested Photo Projects that we will be doing throughout the year. Silhouette is a pretty simple idea, but so many wonderful kinds of images can be made with them. I would love to see what you guys see when you think: SILHOUETTE

Jumping right in!

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-mil...r/PICT0067.jpg

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Originally Posted by Axle

Jumping right in!

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Wow! That's some response time you got there! Thanks for joining in! Love the shadow pix :D

This is old, kinda. Nothing too great...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ssicart/52.jpg

Hope there isn't a limit!! :D

OK, last one today...lol

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Originally Posted by payn817

OK, last one today...lol

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Great shots buddyboy!

Limits are for losers ;) :D ;)

This is one is from a visit with my Nana today. We took a short stroll by the lake.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...e/IMG_6321.jpg

This was taken yesterday while I was practicing with my manual settings. Although it was an accident, I kind of like the way it came out. I will try to get some silouhettes "on purpose" and post them later!!! Hope you like!!!

Ken

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...-ProjectPR.jpg

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-mil...n/uem05_01.jpg
RL Hearn at Dusk

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/luyckx_tk...es/port-06.jpg
Mid-Afternoon at Creiff Hills

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/luyckx_tk...es/port-23.jpg
Festival Theater -- Stratford ON

I always wished the ever so "stabbing" ray wouldnt have been thru her head but I couldnt resist posting this for the project.

Hey Axel, I love that third image of the theater. There is a little too much detail in the building to be a true silhouette, but what the heck, it's a sweet pic!

Thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by Lisa Marie

I always wished the ever so "stabbing" ray wouldnt have been thru her head but I couldnt resist posting this for the project.

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Oh my, that looks positivly painful, but it's still a very sweet image. BTW, it is very bad for your sensor to be exposed to direct sunlight like that. I wouldn't make a habbit of doing it. I know it is a very tempting thing, but it's not worth a worthless camera. I am guilty myself of doing it though. Like I said, it's very tempting.


Thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by almo

Hey Axel, I love that third image of the theater. There is a little too much detail in the building to be a true silhouette, but what the heck, it's a sweet pic!

Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks Almo, I can see the detail here at work with an LCD monitor, at home the detail doesn't show on my CRT....oh well Thanks anyways.

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Originally Posted by Axle

Thanks Almo, I can see the detail here at work with an LCD monitor, at home the detail doesn't show on my CRT....oh well Thanks anyways.

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Hmm... I am viewing it on an LCD too. They do tend to show more shadow detail.

Here's one. I think he had already dropped off the baby when I took his picture.

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Originally Posted by Lisa Marie

I always wished the ever so "stabbing" ray wouldnt have been thru her head but I couldnt resist posting this for the project.

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You can't fix everythingin photoshop, but this one was easy. Took 30 seconds.Hope you don't mind.

hey thanks Lava! I originally tried to fix it in PS too, but unfortunately I am very much a beginner and I didnt have any success with it. I would love to know how you fixed it. Thanks.

Aha!! I shall try to be restrained but. . . oh no I won't! This is one of my favorite subjects!! I will group them by location. :D

These are from Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna, VA.

The Native American Museum, Washington, D.C.

Deco Echo Silhouette

And, so many by day 2!

Here is one from me.
BR,
Tim

So much of what's posted so far is not silhouette - at least not to my mind.
I think it really ought to be stark contrast, almost black in the silhouette.
I don't even think shadow is silhouette, but I'll go with the majority on that because I've got shadow photos too :)
With my PC crashed & burned I haven't got images to hand on the laptop, but I'll go dig for some when I get the big machine back up and running.

In the meantime, keep them coming !
I like what's been posted here, and it's giving me some ideas ;)

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Originally Posted by Lisa Marie

hey thanks Lava! I originally tried to fix it in PS too, but unfortunately I am very much a beginner and I didnt have any success with it. I would love to know how you fixed it. Thanks.

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I have Photoshop Elements and used the clone stamp tool. It look like a little rubber stamp. You can increase the viewing size of your image to something like 400% and it becomes really easy to copy (or "clone") part of your picture to cover over another part of your picture. You can also select different brush sizes and levels of transparency (or "opacity" 'til you get what you want.

I had to cheat with this one, because there is a subject as well as a silhouette.
Cropping to just the silhouette doesn't have the impact of the full frame I think.