A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is basically featureless, and the whole is typically presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic media.¹
Silhouette photos haunt me; this week’s photo challenge haunts me. I’m not super artistic when it comes to these types of shots and actually prefer to never take them. It wouldn’t be called a challenge if it weren’t, well, challenging.
Cantebury Castle Silhouette
My silhouette in Vancouver, Canada
Silhouette of Isola Rossa, Sardinia
Silhouetted surfer at Isola Rossa, Sardinia
Sardinian Cow Silhouette
Canadian Trees Silhouette
Half silhouette of Isola Rossa, Sardinia
Silhouette Church in Sardinia
Do your silhouette photo’s have hints of colour like mine?
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette
Gorgeous… and I love the collage you created. 😉
Thank you! I’m enjoying the new mosaic collage WordPress has given us.
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Beautiful!
These are really great Jennifer. I love the window silhouette.
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Thanks for the vote, Jo! I appreciate it muchos!
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I took a few tonight, but more by accident than design. Doubtless there’s quite a lot of artistry involved!
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My favorite was the Stella advertisement. I don’t know if it was planned or not, but really a fun take.
It wasn’t a planned shot at all! We were returning from the bar late one night and I noticed the advert on a bus shelter and told me friend to snap this photo. It was fast and late, and super fun!
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That cow is 8km up a mountain and away from the beach … or were you speaking about the surfer? 😉
Unexpected animals on the beach always make me smile. Sand there looks very nice.
That cow is actually 8k away from the beach, up a mountain slope! Or were you speaking about the surfer? 😉
Is that snow, not sand? I was thinking it looked like lovely white sand.
It is snow, doesn’t happen that often here but when it does I’m one happy Canadian!
Interesting. I had no idea.
I have never been good at Silhouettes, but yours are amazingly beautiful. My husband loves ichnusa beer from Sardegna. Wish I could get it here in California! Have a great day! Keep on taking pictures! We all enjoy them!
May God Bless!
The Sard/American,
Rosemarie
Love these. I also find it difficult not to have just a bit of colour showing. 🙂
I also thought it was a difficult challenge. I really like your photo of the winter trees.
I have two photos in mind but there are so many challenges going around, I can’t keep up. Do the challenges, or read the blogs? Be selective I guess is the answer, Jen. Nice selection.
There are a lot of challenges going around, I know what you mean. I’ve stuck with just two – this one and Ailsa’s Travel theme. I can’t be bothered joining more – it stresses me out slightly! 😉
Great selection! Awesome photos.
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Some of these were brilliant! Good work!
Thanks!
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I like a hint of color in the silhouettes.
Same here, it adds a little extra umph to the pic! Thanks for stopping by!
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My photo has color behind the silhouette, too. Very nice job on yours.
great pictures. thanks for sharing.
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Liked the silhouette, with the Stella Artois….^__^
Jennifer, I like your Sardinia pics and love the Canadian trees, nice!
I find silhouette photos challenging too, Jennifer – but you´ve gone a great job with your selection 🙂
Thanks, Marianne. Took me a few hours to hunt down these ones! 😉