Silhouette photography is one of the styles of making creative pictures. It paves way for creative use of the light; by efficiently reversing the theory of exposure. A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. The silhouetted effect is produced by throwing light from the background instead of lighting the subject from the foreground. Here are 35 captivating examples of silhouette photography, to serve as an inspiration for capturing beautiful, awesome, interesting and unique silhouettes.
- Star Jump
- Wheel
- Waiting
- After The Storm
- Silhouetted
- Silhouette By Brendan
- Felicidad
- Coureurs Dans La Brume
- Metro Bystanders
- Munich In Silhouette
- After The Catch
- Cable Beach Sunset
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
- Jumping In The Beach
- The Value Of Unique
- Glowing Darkness
- World’s Favorite Sport
- The Deep River In Austin
- Wooden Ship
- Summer Is Warning
- Daydream
- Happy Jumping Over Sunset
- Flock Of Five Gulls At Sunset, Shown In Silhouette On The Golden
- Silhouetted Sculler
- Lonely
- Hold The Birds
- Two Men In A Boat
- Revelation
- Air
- Silhouette
- Silhouetted (bird)
- Silhouettes
- Silhouette (flower)
- Silhouettes And Bird
- In The Blue
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Diego February 16, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Amazing examples !
Shivanand Sharma February 16, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Thanks Diego.
Diego February 16, 2011 at 8:29 pm
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegoeidelman/5369226085/[/img]
Here´s my humble sample silhouette
Dave March 7, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Thank you for selecting one of my shots #32
Shivanand Sharma March 7, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Great shot :)
Jocke April 2, 2011 at 12:08 am
Regarding pic 20. How do you get the yellow sun? Even if I underexpose etc, I still get a white sun. And it doesnt look like a filter either.
Shivanand Sharma April 2, 2011 at 6:25 am
Jocke: The only time you can get the yellow sun is when it’s on the horizon. You may have to underexpose also.
shashikant February 24, 2012 at 11:58 am
what an awesome collection of beautiful photography !. This article could have been more interesting ,educating to the amateurs like me had it contained the details of camera and types of lenses used.Nevertheless, the efforts are praiseworthy.. Hats off!!!!!.
Prachiti March 5, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Amazing captures good examples and very helpful :)