Silhouette .... thoughts?!

[twocolor]

Thoughts?

 

[vintagesnaps]

I like the idea of it, not sure about the exposure/contrast (it's so white behind the horse). I'd watch the framing or consider cropping out distractions - the brown whatever-it-is on the left, and the edge of the doorway to the right. Even if the camera was straight and it's the perspective, I think vertical lines like that particularly right along the edge of the frame can make it appear as if the photo or camera wasn't straight.

 

[tirediron]

Agree ^^. I would have tried to drop the background about 2 stops; that bright area just pulls my eye right away from anything else. I like the idea of the shot, but the exposure isn't working for me.

 

[twocolor]

Yup, you nailed my concerns. I will try to go back and re-edit from my raw file. Thanks!

 

[mat wildlife]

Very good image, but I'd try it in mono - the BG then doesn't look too bad.

 

[kathyt]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The shot is great, but I think I would make it a true silhouette. It just looks "off" right now.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

B&W should be good. IMO if you bring the background down 2 stops, the background may be even busier. Make it b&w, increase the contrast, make the black darker, probably increase exposure.

 

[paigew]

Yes this will be a hard silhouette because you have two different types of light in the background...shade and sun.

 

[twocolor]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The shot is great, but I think I would make it a true silhouette. It just looks "off" right now.

Help me understand what would make this a true silhouette. Is it because parts of her dress aren't silhouette? How would I set this up differently to make it work in camera?

 

[runnah]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The shot is great, but I think I would make it a true silhouette. It just looks "off" right now.

Help me understand what would make this a true silhouette. Is it because parts of her dress aren't silhouette? How would I set this up differently to make it work in camera?

Meter for the BG and go up a few stops.

 

[twocolor]

B&W should be good. IMO if you bring the background down 2 stops, the background may be even busier. Make it b&w, increase the contrast, make the black darker, probably increase exposure.

Increase the exposure on the background?

 

[twocolor]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else. The shot is great, but I think I would make it a true silhouette. It just looks "off" right now.

Help me understand what would make this a true silhouette. Is it because parts of her dress aren't silhouette? How would I set this up differently to make it work in camera?

Meter for the BG and go up a few stops.

That's what I did, blew out parts of the background, but the parts of the background is in shade. I think that may have been my problem was the mixed lighting in the background...

 

[paigew]

In this situation I would have laid on the ground and see if I could get just the bright light in the background by shooting up (to avoid mixed light). I probably would have moved them to the edge of the barn too. You could also do a silhouette shooting in towards the barn.

 

[twocolor]

Here are 2 re-edits - one in bw with a warm coloring and one is done with the background in correct exposure. Not sure I love either.

 

[Derrel]

I think the B&W re-edit is very nice!!! I agree with Paige--the mixed sunlight and shadowed lighting in the background made it very challenging to up the exposure, due to the mixed light. The color re-work is also now a lot more pleasing than the original presentation.