Lacy in the Sky
by shair

Comment:
I guess we were using some other definition of what a silhouette is besides the classic one I knew about. Having a focal point which is backlit and as a result appears entirely black and featureless doesn't seem to be what we were working with in this "challenge." I have no idea how someone would say it isn't a silhouette.

Maybe you can give me your ideas on what a silhouette means, or perhaps someone could leave any single comment which is useful and constructive at all instead of just voting ones and twos and threes (or even sevens, eights, or tens) and having nothing at all to say.

Is this image so terrible that there is nothing that could improve it?

Do you like or not like the focal distance, color, balance, focal point, lighting, bokeh, cropping, textures, angles, negative shapes, etc.?

If you hate it, I can see that is a valid opinion, but the whole point of this site is supposed to be for challenging one another and getting feedback.

borderline
by keyz

Comment:
In my top 5. Great composition, flow, cropping, textures, interest, and the silhouettes add to the image instead of just being randomly plopped in to "meet" the challenge.

Elegance
by pamb

Comment:
In my top 10. I would have given this a 10 if the fan wasn't in the image. THe arm going up and the shape and texture of the fan take my eye in a little circle in the middle of the frame when I want to look a the whole image.

Chloe
by bobonacus

Comment:
Beautiful, well lit, well composed, and good use of the challenge. In my top 10.

Ride the Light
by Neil

Comment:
In my top 3. Great and well balanced composition, good exposure, great action and motion, good use of foreground bokeh (not easily done) and the silhouette adds something to the composition, which was, in my opinion, the real challenge.

I am finding that the real difficulty in this challenge was having the silhouette be a focal point AND add something to the image instead of just being a random item plopped in front of a light source so there would be a silhouette no matter how distracting or useless it was to the overall image. You are one of a tiny handful who pulled this off. Well done.

Fish for Breakfast
by scooter97

Comment:
At least no one (probably) will complain that it isn't a silhouette. It does look like vector art though. I wish there was more interest in color or texture or something.

Another Perfect Day
by Melethia

Comment:
A more dramatic angle might make this really pop.

The Rapture
by tnun

Comment:
Mad props for a good title. And this is totally a silhouette. I already know you will have other comments saying it isn't.

Dad and the Kids
by sfalice

Comment:
The cut-outs don't make sense in this image. It appears to be lit from the top, but the "people" are black as if it is lit from the front. There are no shadows behind them (to the bottom of the image) in the sand, so the cut-outs just look like miniature paper dolls instead of actual people.

conversation
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Great use of negative space. I love this.