The object of this challenge is to create images with a dark silhouette as the subject. This is especially appropriate this time of the year with early dark evenings and Christmas lights everywhere. Of course you don’t have to use Christmas lights as a background to contrast your subject. Sunlight reflecting in water works very well too. Click here for a video that shows how it is done. You can also click here for Google image search for inspiration.
20 Responses to 2025-12-02 Silhouettes
Fred Schwering says:
2025-12-03 at 4:04 pm
Fish Creek Park. Mid day on an overcast day.
f/2.8, 1/32000 sec, Exposure comp -1.0 EV, ISO 100, FL 24 mm
della says:
2025-12-03 at 9:25 pm
a photo taken with my iPhone as an experiment
Henri says:
2025-12-07 at 11:52 am
Went out to Bowness Park to try silhouettes against the Christmas lights. f/3.5, 1/125 sec, ISO 2000
Della 朱世芸 Ho says:
2025-12-08 at 9:08 pm
at dusk
ISO 125 72mm 1/125 f4.5
Joe Horler says:
2025-12-10 at 8:31 pm
Though we’ve been driving the roads east of the city lately looking for owls (not much luck), the timing was all wrong for a a great silhouette.
so I am sharing two of my favourite images form a Weekend in Tofino and sunset images along the beach.
Joe Horler says:
2025-12-10 at 8:33 pm
Another image from along Chesterman Beach
Bernie MacLean says:
2025-12-11 at 3:20 pm
Profile of small statue of a cat’s head against the afternoon sun cast onto an interior wall.
Fish Creek Park. Mid day on an overcast day.
f/2.8, 1/32000 sec, Exposure comp -1.0 EV, ISO 100, FL 24 mm
a photo taken with my iPhone as an experiment
Went out to Bowness Park to try silhouettes against the Christmas lights. f/3.5, 1/125 sec, ISO 2000
at dusk
ISO 125 72mm 1/125 f4.5
Though we’ve been driving the roads east of the city lately looking for owls (not much luck), the timing was all wrong for a a great silhouette.
so I am sharing two of my favourite images form a Weekend in Tofino and sunset images along the beach.
Another image from along Chesterman Beach
Profile of small statue of a cat’s head against the afternoon sun cast onto an interior wall.
Silhouette of a framer walking a roof ridge after a snowfall.
A garden gnome against my computer monitor
Mini dachshund we’re taking care of and a neighbour’s Christmas lights. iPhone
Silhouette against venetian blinds.
Early morning walk with my tripod along The Bow River.
20251214
3.2 sec @ f16.0, ISO 200
Joe Fafard sculpture at Harley Hotchkiss Park. No shooting info as still figuring out new Apple computer and how to access metadata on older photos.
Is photo of forest burned in forest fire in Montana. Used photoshop to reverse image into a more graphic image. No shooting into.
My wife Lorraine and her girlfriend posing on an evening outing to Zoo Lights in Phoenix. Shot with my iPhone and post processed in LRc.
Shot this specifically to get the reflection of this 50ish foot tall tree in the water, but got a couple of nice silhouettes of ducks in the process. iPhone photo with post in LRc.
a silhouette of a reflection of the sun setting reflected through a neighbour’s window into our house.
same as the last, with both of these, I used NIK to add some art.
Went out to Edworthy Park this AM hoping to capture a bright red sunrise for silhouette shot. Got a so-so sunrise dues hazy downtown. Thanks to a bit of Lightroom magic got this not too bad one
F/11; 1/125 sec; ISO 100 at 125 mm
…then scooted to Baker Park for hopefully better luck and shot the sculpture of the bears
F/14; 1/125 sec; ISO 200 at 85 mm