Silhouette Images (4pics)

[toddb]

First try at some silhouette type images.

http://pws.cablespeed.com/~toddb/forumpost/CRW_9232.jpg

http://pws.cablespeed.com/~toddb/forumpost/CRW_9234.jpg

http://pws.cablespeed.com/~toddb/forumpost/CRW_9244.jpg
Last call for the swing before heading home from the park. :-)

http://pws.cablespeed.com/~toddb/forumpost/CRW_9164.jpg

[Rob612]

The only one I personally do not like is the last, I find that the movement in somehow in contrast with the concept I have of silhouette. The other 3 are excellent, IMHO.

[Vetteography]

The first two are excellent! The first one is especially fine. Care to explain how you got that??? Enquireing minds want to know :D

[BlueTit]

Like them all, particularly the 1st, but I like the last too, particularly the angle of the changs.

[flyfisher]

I also like them all , but the first one is my favorite of the group.

[toddb]

The first two are excellent! The first one is especially fine. Care to explain how you got that??? Enquireing minds want to know :D


Pretty simple, just expose for the background (the sky). The subjects will be pretty dark, then just modify the curves in PS by dragging the bottom left part of the curve to the right clipping the darker colors (which the sky won't be effected) making those dark areas completely black. Sometimes I'll do the same for the highlight (top right) and drag it to the left making the background even brighter. That's basicly what I did to these.

[O/confusion]

Yep--#1 is a gem. Beautifully set up.

Terry

[mr.photoguy]

excellent shots.
I like them all... I have to try my hand at this one day...

[markubig]

#1 is my favorite, but i like them all . . . need to try this concept.

[ayotnoms]

I like all of them, especially the last one.
Your family photo album has to be the envy of everyone you know 8-)

[mgbeach]

i like the last one the best. How about this treatment?

[Dante King]

Love them all, well done!

[Photonut29]

I love them all too Great shots!

[BottomBracket]

Great shots, I like them.

[toddb]

I like all of them, especially the last one.
Your family photo album has to be the envy of everyone you know 8-)

It's going to be pretty thick, lol. I've almost turned 20k shots on this 10D....and I don't shoot professionally, just my immediate family.

mgbeach, that's is cool. I didn't like the horizon as much on that one, that was a good idea.

[hollow]

I like all. I don't know why, but the second one I like more :)

[djonto]

There is something about the last one I really like

[thomascanty]

I really like the first and last ones.

[toddb]

To me, the more I look at them, I like that 3rd one because you can make out that she is glancing towards the horizon as if she acknowledging the setting of the sun...contiplating her next action.

Anyway, it's really hard to get a three year old to pose a certain way...I only capture anything by luck and allot of patients. :-)

[MichaelE]

Excellent series! I really liked the last one on the swing... Kind of gives that 'last breath of fun' thought as the sun sets.

[lmelendez]

:) :) :)
I really like the last one... don't know why...

Leo.

[skade]

I like em! Great shots!

[Michaelmjc]

The last one is really nice, I dont like the cropped one though.

[roanjohn]

WOW!!! Great shots!!! You've inspired me to do the same......

To the last shot: WHOOOWEEEEEEE!!!!

Ro1

[Anteros]

I really like the last shot. It's a wonderful capture.

I like the first and third as well. Nice contrast. The second one just seems to have too much empty space for my liking.

Overall, great job.

[lisa1969]

Love them all. WOW!!!
#4 my fav!
Excellent work!!!

[kawter2]

I REALLY like the last one!! Grteat job w/exposure on a whole.

My only input would be that with silhouette images to be effective, you need to either crop mid torso up or get the sky in the bkg from at least the knees up.. the brain wants to see the rest of the body when blends into the bkg. kinda makes it a lil confusing

[Littlenose]

I think the last one is fantastic ! It's a different to the norm that really does it for me on this one... well done.

[Fer]

I like them all, well done.

[serissolutions]

Love the first one

[Citizensmith]

Good work, I like the first and really like the last.

[Overlord66]

What did you use to add the frames around the images. I really like how it is layed out.

Nick

[Bluelens]

That last one has my jaw on the floor. Absolutely wonderful!

[Starfleet_EMH]

GOSH, I love #2 -- it just struck me: I see a contrast between an apparently little girl lost under an endless sky... It just makes me feel tiny. Or maybe, I just like "space - the final frontier." :o

EMH

[MazerRakhm]

Wow, I love the first and last shots!

[toddb]

What did you use to add the frames around the images. I really like how it is layed out.

Nick


You mean the image data? I created a javascript. I posted in the post processing section.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=67966

[cjm]

I like them, very nice :)

[ilovemycamera]

love all three of them. Great work

[steve_shelly]

I like em all...that last one is great with the angle...

[jessiper]

The last one-wow! I like the first, too. The midle two don't really do much for me, I think it's the poses/composition. I prefer the original 4th to the crop.

[blam]

very nice! I have to try this sometime.

[Familia]

Beautiful! Nice idea.

[christyjo2]

I like them. I do like the last one...i think it looks cool

[toddb]

Wow, these picturs are on an ISP that I no longer belong to for over a year, lol. Thanks for the comments. :-)

[fi20100]

Really great shots! #1 and #2 are my favorites, but #4 is really interesting too :)

[incendy]

I love the last one! Very interesting photo

[MagicallyDelicious]

great shots!

[Plan9]

Apparently we're both fans of Silhouettes :]

The swing shot is by far and away my favorite. One of the better shots I've seen on these forums in recent memory. Lots of great compositional elements there. The chains form great leading lines and really draw your eyes to the child. The angle its shot at is perfect too, so that it looks less like she's swinging and almost like she's soaring right above the trees. That, combined with the awesome colors of the sunset, give it a surrealistic, dreamlike quality.

If that was my shot, I would definitely have it printed and framed!

[Gabbana]

last one is really nice.

[toddb]

It's been way too long since I shot these photos but thank you Plan9. It's been too long since I shot a silhouette period and I think you've inspired me to get my but in gear and try some more ..but with feeling this time, lol. I've got another shot of the swing during daylight too.

http://www.toddburke.net/DayShot/CRW_7132.jpg

[Plan9]

It's been way too long since I shot these photos but thank you Plan9. It's been too long since I shot a silhouette period and I think you've inspired me to get my but in gear and try some more ..but with feeling this time, lol. I've got another shot of the swing during daylight too.

http://www.toddburke.net/DayShot/CRW_7132.jpg

Not a fan of the feathered frame or the text, honestly, but I do like the shot itself! I think what she's wearing really adds to the shot too. Its just...fits.

[dsze]

...last one is definitely my fav.

[ChopstickHero]

very nice! i love silhouettes

[Addicted]

I think they all look great. Fun idea,gotta try that myslef.

[sumyungguy]

last one takes the cake..

[freefallu]

first and last for me. the last one makes you stop and think.

[Plan9]

So, I was just thinking about the text in the latest image...were you going for an intentional play on words with the 'Getting High' thing? Because it could be construed in the wrong way, which doesn't really fit the subject matter!

[MARKinCORNWALL]

Like the last best, different

[saravrose]

the last is my favorite.. just timeless and a composition I wouldn't have thought of as a silhouette..

[Rubberhead]

Wow

[toddb]

Not a fan of the feathered frame or the text, honestly, but I do like the shot itself! I think what she's wearing really adds to the shot too. Its just...fits.

oh ya, just some play on words. I probalby wouldn't print it like that. Getting high on life, being actually really high...she does look like she's on an air ballon or something....it's kind of making me nervous now. :-P

[ean36]

GREAT series. The swing shot gets my vote as "best of show". I'm off to the park today with the grandchildren thanks for the inspiration.

[NewbieXT]

I like all of them, especially the last one.
Your family photo album has to be the envy of everyone you know 8-)
The last one is awesome. Only the third one the sky is too dark behind her head for me. But for variety It works, especially since you got the others. Great job.