As the winner of the last mini-challenge it falls to me to host the next challenge. I'm a fan of silhouette photography. Hopefully this will present a challenge to many of you and I look forward to judging the results. End date is 08.08.12. Good luck!

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1) Sandhills, (I've had that other shoot in a couple of minis, thought I'd change it out)



2) Rambin' River



3) Photographer on the rocks

1) Enjoying Sunset


2. Up Up and Away


3. Bird on a Wire

This is the first self portrait that I ever liked.

Do I Know You?



#2 Bird on a wire


I'll have to see if I can find another one.

Found one.

#3 A Good Day

Wonderful shots in here again - the pace has definitely been set early on this one!

Here are my efforts ...



1) The Underpass





2) Coot Silhouette





3) Sunset Lovers



Good luck everyone, comments on mine welcome as aways.

Alan.

1. It's almost as hard for me to spell "Serengeti" as it is to spell "Silhouette"


2. Sunset Paddle


3. Meteor Silhouette

greg - awesome work - the serengeti piece is off the charts!

Sunset - Mallory Square


Sunset - Key West Florida by Bryce Wilson, on Flickr

These might be familiar - some go back to my first challenge.

Oooh...great shots so far! Here are mine:

1. Skipping Stones (Gotland Island)



2. Camp in the Early Morning (Yellowstone)



3. Splash (Florida)

StueveShots:

That Yellowstome image literally takes me there and alters my mood when looking at it. SPECTACULAR!

Thank you, Bryce. You've made my day! It evokes the same feelings for me, but I didn't know if it would translate to someone else. I am very pleased it does...

1. on the beach




2. mauritian sunset




3, indian face in the cliff

Tikal - 1998 (point and shoot film camera)

near Ft. Morgan AL


Mallory Square

Bug






I want to dop of the little boy






lets go camping

Some beautiful pics here!!! I don't have many silhouettes. Here are 3 I had to dig for:

1.



2.



3.

Month 3



This is an idea I was working on and it seemed to fit the theme so I stuck it in here. I will end up taking 5-7 more as a progression series. C+C is welcomed. I shot this tonight with my D300 and Tamron 28-75mm using one flash (SB700) with light touch ups in LR4.

Apparatus



Prayer



CCs welcome!

This is my idea of a really good silhouette - with only black and white - like those old fashioned cut-outs.

Kuresaari Castle (Estonia)


Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur)


Pyramide (Paris)