Congrats David!!!  What is the subject this weekend?

Pat

You'll find the subject and the place to post your photo at the weekend here.

http://community.dcmag.co.uk/forums/thread/308548.aspx

So it's official then!  well done David.  definitely deserved.

Silhouettes - hmm!

J

Hanzo:

Good time of year for silhouettes, strong, low sunlight............

It's got to get through the strong, low clouds first.

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

Hanzo:

Good time of year for silhouettes, strong, low sunlight............

Guy Roberts:

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

As you don't get low light in your neck of the woods, you could use a light, to project a subject onto a white wall, and photograph that, so only the image on the wall, is photographed. Hope this helps.

OldBoy:

Guy Roberts:

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

As you don't get low light in your neck of the woods, you could use a light, to project a subject onto a white wall, and photograph that, so only the image on the wall, is photographed. Hope this helps.

But isnt that then a shadow and not a silhouette ?

Alf

nosmo_king:

OldBoy:

Guy Roberts:

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

As you don't get low light in your neck of the woods, you could use a light, to project a subject onto a white wall, and photograph that, so only the image on the wall, is photographed. Hope this helps.

But isnt that then a shadow and not a silhouette ?

Alf

Silhouette - A dark shadow or outline of a person or thing against a lighter background. Dictionary definition.

just sharing a thought, if eg your in a shaded place with a view out, like a stutue under a willow tree, if you get the sky or an area in the sun, you'll get a silhouette if you meter for the sky/area in the sun, this should work in cloudy conditions, or even a tunnel, here's a past winner for some inspiration (hopefully)

Sorry if thats all very obvious, thought I'd mention it just in case

here's another, hope you dont mind David :)

OldBoy:

nosmo_king:

OldBoy:

Guy Roberts:

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

As you don't get low light in your neck of the woods, you could use a light, to project a subject onto a white wall, and photograph that, so only the image on the wall, is photographed. Hope this helps.

But isnt that then a shadow and not a silhouette ?

Alf

Silhouette - A dark shadow or outline of a person or thing against a lighter background. Dictionary definition.

Agree to a point OB, but here is a quote from Ming Bracher after he posted this weeks subject

"I feel that shadows could be a subject on there own sometime. They'd just come over as an easy scapegoat for people who don't want to actually work out a silhouette. I've done the easy one before with glass....so maybe this time I'll go with something a little more thought provoking, with a slight learning curve like Orgie did with doors in B/W. We might get less people but it could be fun for those who enter. It's not like we're running out of weekends."

Hence my confusion

RR

Alf

nosmo_king:

OldBoy:

nosmo_king:

OldBoy:

Guy Roberts:

filter99:

A few from my gallery to get your silhouette juices flowing (hopefully) lol

Thanks filter, and boy do I need it! I am completely clueless with this one, it's like an exam paper for a subject I didn't do.

As you don't get low light in your neck of the woods, you could use a light, to project a subject onto a white wall, and photograph that, so only the image on the wall, is photographed. Hope this helps.

But isnt that then a shadow and not a silhouette ?

Alf

Silhouette - A dark shadow or outline of a person or thing against a lighter background. Dictionary definition.

Agree to a point OB, but here is a quote from Ming Bracher after he posted this weeks subject

"I feel that shadows could be a subject on there own sometime. They'd just come over as an easy scapegoat for people who don't want to actually work out a silhouette. I've done the easy one before with glass....so maybe this time I'll go with something a little more thought provoking, with a slight learning curve like Orgie did with doors in B/W. We might get less people but it could be fun for those who enter. It's not like we're running out of weekends."

Hence my confusion

RR

Alf

All I was trying to do was help people who haven't got the low sun, like we have over here. A shadow is a silhouette, and if photographed correctly, it would be hard to tell the difference.