OOYCZ #4 Silhouettes

jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
edited March 23, 2014 in The Dgrin Challenges
I will post this to see what you think :scratch
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  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,198 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    I don't see the silhouette.
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  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,219 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    I see a wine glass in the clouds. Interesting.

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    slpollett wrote: »
    I see a wine glass in the clouds. Interesting.

    Sherry

    as did I but I guess it is not a silhouette -doe it have to be B/W ?
    Jeff W

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    grandmaR wrote: »
    I don't see the silhouette.
    after reading the dif of sil--- I guess it has to be B/W I thought white and blue may have worked but ne_nau.gif Did you try a sip of the wine ??
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  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,198 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    Doesn't have to be black and white, but does have to be (my opinion only) back lit so that it is just an outline against a brighter area. Can be full color. Look at Joyce's examples.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2014
    grandmaR wrote: »
    Doesn't have to be black and white, but does have to be (my opinion only) back lit so that it is just an outline against a brighter area. Can be full color. Look at Joyce's examples.

    I did and her first one is more side light than anything but -- clouds are back lit if on a bad weather day the earth is dark the clouds are in the way headscratch.gif
    Use your imagination on this one and get creative! It can be inside or outside. I did press this comment a bit far but it was back lit
    Jeff W

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  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,198 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2014
    I can't see the first one anymore, and I did not see the wine glass until it was pointed out. But what I remember is that it was blue sky and whispy white clouds which had no depth to them and little substance. Clouds which are going to be a silhouette should have one or the other (my opinion) I wasn't going to participate in this one, because last time my silhouettes weren't very good, but maybe I will try again.
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited March 15, 2014
    it can be color or black and white. The image itself should not have much details in it. The eagle image could work, but it might even be better if you post process to get it even more darker to remove the grey areas.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2014
    grandmaR wrote: »
    I can't see the first one anymore, and I did not see the wine glass until it was pointed out. But what I remember is that it was blue sky and whispy white clouds which had no depth to them and little substance. Clouds which are going to be a silhouette should have one or the other (my opinion) I wasn't going to participate in this one, because last time my silhouettes weren't very good, but maybe I will try again.

    Well this is not my game also but my wine glass was pushing the silhouette a bit tooo far
    Jeff W

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2014
    JAG wrote: »
    it can be color or black and white. The image itself should not have much details in it. The eagle image could work, but it might even be better if you post process to get it even more darker to remove the grey areas.

    I get it , well lets say I think I do is this one to the point or sharp enough ?
    Jeff W

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  • KinkajouKinkajou Registered Users Posts: 1,240 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2014
    Oooohhh! I like this one!
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2014
    Kinkajou wrote: »
    Oooohhh! I like this one!

    What you do not like drop off sushi :D Thank you thumb.gif
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  • tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2014
    I like the last one. To make the diagonal even stronger, you might play with the crop and space on the right. This one could stand a tight crop. Nice.

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  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,198 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2014
    Sharp enough and Pointed too :)

    I agree that a crop might help. Squarer?
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  • kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2014
    Really like that last one!
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  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,970 moderator
    edited March 20, 2014
    I also like the last one. Others may disagree, but I welcome seeing a hint of the depth in a silhouette if there is significant depth in the image. So if the perch slants away from you toward the bird, I wonder what this would look like with some of that revealed? Hope that helps!

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  • KinkajouKinkajou Registered Users Posts: 1,240 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2014
    I think the bird is cuter in the second one HAHAHA!

    Aside from that, I just love the profile silhouette of the bird and the detail in the feathers. I'd adjust the contrast to lighten the background a little more, but it. There's something very quiet and calming about this photo, but also somehow seems like the bird is alert and ready to take off if necessary. Really nice :)
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