A few years ago I was sitting on the dock on my dad's pond when Pacen and my boyfriend at the time, were walking past on the hill above. The sun was at a perfect angle for a silhouette shot so I yelled, "Stop right there boys!" They stopped and looked at me with expressions that said, "We are busy! What do you want?". (Okay, I'm pretty much positive Pacen voiced this annoyance out loud.) I explained my reason for stopping them and then their expressions changed to, "Ugh! Not more pictures!" (He probably voiced this one out loud too!) Well, the mission they were on was a hunting one. I don't know what they were hunting for, but they had a couple BB guns with them so I told them to move the guns so I could get them in the shot. That changed their attitudes and they posed in a proud manner with the barrels of the guns angled so they were noticeable. I snapped the shot and it has been one of my favorites ever since. That was the first and last time I really experimented with silhouette photography.
I am so glad silhouette was one of the challenges on the challenge list! It was nice to experiment with it again, and to make it even better I was house sitting for a co-worker this weekend who lives in the country so it was the perfect setting for this challenge. I also got lucky on Saturday evening, as the skies were nice and clear! Here are some shots I got:
I wanted to get a windmill shot, but the closes one I could find was too far from the road so the picture turned out rather blurry and grainy. :( Just in case you were wondering how the shot turned out I took a few years ago, here it is (I did it in black and white):
"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." ~ Elliott Erwitt
1 comment:
These are beautiful shots!
Kerry at housetalkn.blogspot.com
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