Tabitha
by jenesis

Comment:
Very nice. Love the pose, the lighting on her face, the b&w tones. Well done.

Shadow Boyfriend
by jphotos

Comment:
You've probably been told this already but... a shadow is not the same thing as silhouette. Silhouettes become dark because they are light from behind. In other words, the light is in front of the camera, beyond the subject, lighting the subject from behind. And it is typically so bright that if you adjust your exposure for the lighting in the background, the subject goes black.

Longing For West Texas...
by 777STAN

Comment:
If you were to take this image into an editor and sample the color of the hat, you would find it is somewhere around R:69, G: 66, B: 61. On the other hand, if you take a look at the strongest contenders in this challenge, they will probably have subjects that are much closer to R:0, G:0, B:0 (in other words, black). The hat in this subject is too gray....

Sail Silhouette
by Qwest30

Comment:
I'm sure the boat wasn't standing still... the timing on this shot was impecable. Nicely done!

Peace
by behemoth

Comment:
Be careful not to oversharpen....

Is it still raining?
by abhinaba

Comment:
Here's what I think about silhouettes: If the subject needs front lighting to help you understand what it is, then it is not a strong candidate for silhouette lighting. The images that really work in this challenge have subjects in complete silhoutte against a brighter background. It is the strength of that division, between light and dark, and the story they tell which captures the imagination.

A Wizards Power
by littlegett

Comment:
Here's what I think about silhouettes: If the subject needs front lighting to help you understand what it is, then it is not a strong candidate for silhouette lighting.

25
by arsenal

Comment:
I dunno... usually a silhouette makes a much more powerful statement. Here the only subjects in silhouette are so tiny that they don't really matter...

My Only Sunshine!
by lkn4truth

Comment:
We don't expect to see details within the silhouette. Darkening the image and adding contrast would have helped this image quite a bit.

Sitting in the Rain
by knute

Comment:
Although the back of the bench is in silhouette, the person is not, and so this really doesn't feel much like a silhouette to me.