Project Silhouette II

I explored silhouette photography further. I went to Chinese Garden to catch the sunrise. The pagoda has a distinct shape and the location is near my house (I wanted more sleep!) This time round, I saturated the colors more and tend to add a slight tint to magenta to my photos.

Chinese Garden

Blocks of flats at Jurong East MRT Station

More flats

The golden sun

I wonder if the photos are post-processed correctly? Anyway, I kind of like some of the photos. I got a hang of metering the exposure for silhouettes (I took the readings from the sky so that the sky is correctly exposed and the other parts, underexposed).

The golden sun

I still preferred something more natural like the image above. I tuned up the vibrances and saturation slightly, add a tiny bit of magenta tint and warm up the photo a little. Hope you enjoy the photos folks!

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Project Silhouette I

Icame across an article on PetaPixel regarding shooting silhouettes. I was amazed by the beautiful photos and was inspired by it. I did a little research and decided to try it out. They are lots of tutorials out there about shooting silhouettes.

I was at Harmoni Hotel in Batam and I noticed this dark corner in the lobby with a clear big window. I recognize a chance for me to try out Silhouette Photography. After much persuasion, my dear finally agreed to help post for the photo.

The above photo is the test shot I did to get the exposure for the crisp black Silhouette. I get the ground correctly exposed and since the light source is behind my dear, she is almost completely darken.

I asked for a prominent pose so that it brings out more interesting curves and lines when she poses. In response, that's what she did. HAHA! Isn't she cute!

We tried to shape out a heart with our hands and body but it wasn't successful. Then, my camera gave me battery problems and died on me. Last picture! Enjoy folks!

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