{"id":11898,"date":"2018-11-12T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=11898"},"modified":"2018-11-11T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T18:51:32","slug":"take-5-people-in-silhouette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-people-in-silhouette\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: People in Silhouette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silhouettes are a fun technique to play with in\u00a0your photography. They convey mood and emotion in a unique, dramatic way and because the lack of detail leaves a lot to the viewer’s imagination, silhouettes tend\u00a0make it easier to picture yourself in the scene and feel like you’re really\u00a0there.\u00a0<\/em>The key is lighting: the subject needs to be backlit (placed between the light source and the camera) so that the background remains well-lit while the subject is underexposed and very dark, if not entirely black.<\/p>\n

Here are five beautiful photos featuring human silhouettes in nature, all submitted to our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. Feel free to use them as inspiration the next time you have your camera out and want to give silhouettes at try! The 2018 photo contest is closed but we’ll be revealing the winners soon so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Glenn Rifkin<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Andrew Dai<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Rosemary Sampson<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Jack Leigh<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Melissa Asher<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silhouettes are a fun technique to play with in\u00a0your photography. They convey mood and emotion in a unique, dramatic way and because the lack of detail leaves a lot to the viewer’s imagination, silhouettes tend\u00a0make it easier to picture yourself in the scene and feel like you’re really\u00a0there.\u00a0The key is lighting: the subject needs to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":11900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,158],"tags":[83,84,291],"class_list":["post-11898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-take-5","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography","tag-silhouette"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/11\/1456Glenn_Rifkin12409.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-35U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":695,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/nature-photography-tips\/","url_meta":{"origin":11898,"position":0},"title":"Nature Photography Tips","author":"Hillary T.","date":"August 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Whether you\u2019ve been taking photographs for years or recently picked up a camera, one fact remains the same: nature photography is a wonderful way to enjoy and appreciate the outdoors. 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