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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Photo courtesy of Sara Rosso

Photo courtesy of Sara Rosso

SILHOUETTE. The proper definition of a silhouette is “the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass.” In photography, often we achieve that effect by putting light behind the object whose silhouette we want to capture, effectively darkening out the features of the subject instead of highlighting them. My silhouette of the Colosseum in Italy I think still shows off the ancient landmark while bringing other details into focus.

Share a picture of a Silhouette with everyone! 

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New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals and give you another way to take part in Post a Day / Post a Week. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

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1037 Comments
  1. there’s something nostalgic and beautiful about the railway along the connecticut shoreline http://alleluiafotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 23, 2012
  2. On one of our many walks in Calgary.

    October 23, 2012
  3. samokan #

    Finally able to post again, the picture is a little small, I will try to update it later ..
    http://samokan.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  4. Here’s my take on this week’s challenge hoping you suspense and thriller lovers enjoy

    http://thewishfactor.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  5. I’ve never done two entries before, but these two ladies made such nice silhouettes!
    http://ohiasia.com/2012/10/24/silhouette2/

    October 24, 2012
  6. My contribution for this weeks challenge— enjoy :)http://broniam.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/#

    October 24, 2012
  7. I chose three photos for this week’s challenge. http://afterthekidsleave.com/2012/10/24/wordpress-photo-challenge-silhouette/
    Wendy

    October 24, 2012
  8. Hi, the following is my second entry .
    http://ensummerfield84.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-sunset-in-tokyo/

    October 24, 2012
  9. Thanks to this challenge, I’ve tried my first slideshow. http://janetkoops.com/2012/10/24/silhouttes-of-canadas-wonderland/

    October 24, 2012
  10. Very beautiful silhouettes from Germany !!! :)
    http://duniaely.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette

    October 24, 2012
  11. My (late) contribution to this week’s challenge
    http://domesticoddities.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  12. Christina #

    My contribution can be found at http://wp.me/pDHrD-1Ce.

    October 24, 2012
  13. Wonderful pics and great challenge!
    Here is my contribution …Hope you like it…
    http://ilargia64.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  14. Here’s my favorite recent silhouette – taken by my young daughter!
    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  15. Here is my first entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge. Photos are from the Lowcountry of South Carolina. http://palmettoislandgirl.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  16. Here’s my addition to the Silhouette topic!
    http://agnateblog.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  17. i have just discovered this challenge:D well here is my first post in photo challenge:
    http://travelphotocorner.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/
    i hope i dodnt forget anything to add…

    October 24, 2012
  18. I just started my blog and decided to give the weekly photo challenge a try. I hope you like mine.

    http://doityourselfish.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
  19. I never do more than one entry, but I couldn’t resist these shots when I saw them today. My lucky lizard entry for silhouette (#2). :-)
    http://youthinkyoucanblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/lucky-the-lizard/

    October 24, 2012
  20. Here is the link to my Photo challenge entry: silhouette: glacier Lake
    I am not sure i am doing this correctly, so I would appreciate confirmation that this went through. Thank you.
    http://bcijo.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/weekly-photo-c…nge-silhouette/

    October 24, 2012
    • is there a certain time that this photo challenge closes?

      October 24, 2012
      • @The Infinite Joy – more details in the post, but each photo challenge lasts the week – the post will close to comments and pingbacks when the next challenge is posted (tomorrow, Friday).

        October 25, 2012
  21. r0ck1np3ac3 #

    Hope i am not too late. Here’s my entry anyways http://wp.me/sDDSF-phase

    October 25, 2012
  22. I allready took some silhouette shots in the past, but I think that these are my best:

    http://camperfoelie.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/de-blankenbergse-zee/

    October 25, 2012
  23. Heres my entry, didn’t come out quit how I was expecting, but then they never do!
    http://colourlesscity.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  24. Here’s a silhouette from New England! http://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  25. http://kasturika.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-broken-tree/
    This isn’t really a photograph – it is a sketch, which I photographed. This week’s photo challenge inspired me to write a short post, and draw something for it as well…

    October 25, 2012
  26. My entry this week… hope you like it:
    http://xerith.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    I always wonder who are the ones who scroll through 990 comments above mine to reach my comment… coincidence? (or just persistence on your part?) :)

    October 25, 2012
    • never hurts to share!

      October 25, 2012
      • BTW like how you have the discipline to post regularly… and able to generate so much feedback for every single post. Great job.

        BTW, my shared photo happens to be taken at the Colosseum too… do you recognize the place? :)

        October 25, 2012
      • Wow! That’s a great perspective. I don’t get inside the Colosseum much!

        October 25, 2012
  27. On Monday, October 29, Turkey celebrates the founder of the Turkish secular democratic republic, Ataturk. I snapped an amazing photo of his silhouette carved into a marble hillside near Izmir, Turkey: http://lonnalisawilliams.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  28. Sometimes a silhouette reminds me that we are here for only a whisper in time. This is my “Window in the Skies” silhouette! http://u2areloved.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challengesilhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  29. A romantic walk… The setting autumn sun… Lovely silhouettes :)

    http://seeloveremember.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  30. http://iiteeeestudents.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    Thanks for coming up with such new themes , it really helps me exploring more … :)

    October 25, 2012
  31. Daily changes at sunset makes beautiful silhouettes…

    http://yablogtherapy.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  32. Check out some people canning meat in the weekly photo challenge of “silhouette” at http://wendylnugent.wordpress.com/.

    October 25, 2012
  33. I’m not sure if it’s necessary, or desirable, to post a link here but here it is. I hope you enjoy.
    http://skidaddy.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    Are we allowed multiple entries if we feel we have more than one shot?

    October 25, 2012
    • @SkiDaddy – if you publish more than one new post on the challenge’s theme, feel free to post them. But not too many ;) – there will be a new one every week!

      October 26, 2012
  34. Now I know about silhouette pictures. Cool challenge!! Attached is my entry.
    http://dmooncrab.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette-2/

    October 25, 2012
  35. Here’s a really late entry from Rapallo, Italy.
    http://scottseyephotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  36. Here’s a very late entry from Rapallo, Italy taken last week.
    http://scottseyephotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  37. Better late than never this time i guess… I actually have 2 silouette shots in this post from the beach… http://scottfillmer.com/2012/10/24/last-breath-of-summer-from-a-beach-in-gulf-shores/

    October 25, 2012
  38. Just in time. Fishing boats in Valdez, Alaska.
    http://farnorthlight.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  39. This is my first submit for weekly photo challenge.
    http://enkoos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhoutte/

    October 25, 2012
  40. Sunrise at the beach often brings into view skies of beautiful cloud silhouettes. My view is shown here! :) http://smithwatsonphotography.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 25, 2012
  41. I’m back! Here’s my entry in a last minute :D :

    http://godslover.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 26, 2012
  42. Here’s my silhouette photo http://wp.me/pRM20-JY

    October 26, 2012
  43. I submitted an entry but I don’t see it.

    October 26, 2012
  44. A Scottish themed silhouette and a short reflection on our recent referendum. Thanks for the topic suggestion! http://luckydiplife.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 26, 2012
  45. Amy #

    Beautiful post for the silhouette, Sara. Here is my entry: http://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/wpc-silhouette/

    October 26, 2012
  46. A mix between macro and silhouette. Hope you enjoy!!
    http://randomroamings.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 26, 2012
  47. Here’s my entry, a silhouette taken at my favorite music festival!

    October 26, 2012
  48. Whoops! Forgot to add the link; http://wp.me/p2KbPp-5f

    October 26, 2012
  49. took this shot in cappadocia, turkey while i was in a hot air balloon!
    http://mk17design.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

    October 26, 2012

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