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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 35: Shadows & Silhouettes (hosts: Mark J & MFC) >> Challenge 35 Eligible Gallery > High-key silhouette of a daffodil
by Willem
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High-key silhouette of a daffodil
by Willem

A yellow daffodil, back lit by a halogen lamp immediately behind the flower.
On purpose overexposed (10/13 s, F4) to create a high-key silhouette.
No editing done at all, only slightly cropped.


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Sony Forums Challenges08-Feb-2003 18:11
Comment by Willem : Just a tad overexposed ? Now that is an understatement. I overexposed it by +3.5 EV on purpose (10/13 s instead of 1/13 s), so it becomes a silhouette, if you take the definition "a subject lit from behind in such a way that details are lost and only contours are visible" and in that way complies with the challenge theme. The picture at 1/13 shows beautifull details but it is not a silhouette in any way.
Sony Forums Challenges07-Feb-2003 19:24
Just a tad over exposed.
Sony Forums Challenges05-Feb-2003 21:20
Very creative technique, Willem, and I like the subject, too. Think Spring! Bev