Nikon D80 Challenge: Silhouette II
This photo was taken for the Nikon D80 Challenge #102: Silhouette II. The goal of this challenge was to:
A silhouette is a view of a object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. The term has been extended to describe the sight or image of a person, object or scene that is back lit, and appears dark against a lighter background.
Many photographers use the technique of photographing people, objects or landscape elements against the light, to achieve an image in silhouette. The light might be natural, such as a sunset or an open doorway, a technique known as contre-jour or it might be contrived in a studio.
Quite simply, your challenge this time is to take a photo where your main subject is a silhouette with no discernible features visible. It should be black and outlined by the light situated behind it. The subject and post processing is up to each individual.
I think this was one of the firsts challenges that I’d gotten a decent number of votes in. I knew what I needed to do to get a silhouette, but I needed a subject. Well, once again I got my little model to help out.
He had just gotten ready for bed and I asked him to put an ornament on the Christmas tree. While he was busy finding a spot, I shot a couple of photos for the challenge.
I added a black faded border around the picture and played around with the levels to enhance the glow from the lights. I think I got a decent shot. View the image at flickr to see the camera settings.
Posted: December 29th, 2009
at 6:14am by theo.johnson
Categories: D80Challenge,Family,Indoors,LowLight
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Happy New Years to you and your family!!
Attorneymom
29 Dec 09 at 7:22 am
Hey Attorneymom! Happy New Years to you and your family also. Good to hear from you.
theo.johnson
29 Dec 09 at 12:30 pm