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Granit
Nov-14-2006, 05:40 AM
Well I think I will learn a lot on this new challenge. Here is what I have in mind, but I do not know how to do this yet. Any advise will be welcome.


A Silhouette for me is a an object showing up as black (or close to) like a shadow, but not a shadow, it has to be the object itself, it has to show up black and it has to provide enough information so the watcher can determine what it is, I would love it if it could take 5 seconds for the watcher to say: "Oh yeah that's a _____ .....Cool."

-I want to take a picture of a complexe object on a white background. (I'm thinking my daughters bike, but not sure yet.)
-The object is to show up completly black.
-The picture might be the full object/bike or part of it, this is to be determine.

To do this I think I need an indirect light source that would illuminate the wall only, almost no light on the bike directly, I would need a medium to fast exposure and medium to high aperture number. Proper settings for the WHITE of overcome the bike, but without being overexpose.

Am I on the right track for this?
Any suggestions on how to perform this?
Do not comment the idea itself for now, I do not want my inspiration to be influenced by better ideas, but I need suggestions on the technical aspect.

Thanks.

rgbivens
Nov-14-2006, 07:12 AM
You are on the right track...

Basically what your gonna want to do is meter for your background and completly underexpose your subject, leaving it black. It's really easy to do in sunrise/sunset situations because you can meter for a really bright light source (the sun) and then really chop out your subject. You might want to give that a try first to get a good idea of what kind of settings your gonna need to use to get real good definition.

Good luck!

-Grant

Granit
Nov-14-2006, 12:31 PM
Ummmm....So far everyone is showing great landscape or people silhouettes. I guess those are the common Silhouettes.

I predict that the winner will provide something different, that will stick out from the rest.....I just hope I come up with that something different.... :scratch

imagin'
Nov-14-2006, 12:52 PM
Ummmm....So far everyone is showing great landscape or people silhouettes. I guess those are the common Silhouettes.

I predict that the winner will provide something different, that will stick out from the rest.....I just hope I come up with that something different.... :scratch

:wink Noted the plural form of the challenge Granit? Not "sihouette" but "silhouettes". Think it makes a difference? :dunno