Stunning Sunsets and Silhouette photography

September 26, 2012 • Inspiration, Photography

Silhouette is one of the words, that i am thankful when i have to write on the computer. Since i can employ my trusted spelling checker, to always correct the misspelled word! It is also one of the most stunning photography types.

A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is basically featureless, and the whole is typically presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic media.

For today we’ll focus on silhouette photography during sunset and also include some stunning sunsets by themselves. The images are coming from us from several talented photographers from Flickr. So let’s enjoy their awesome works!

By Bùi Linh Ngân

By Elenapaint Stunning Sunsets and Silhouette photography

By Elenapaint on Flickr

by Esparta Palma

by H Matthew Howarth

By Kevin Dooley

By Lali Masriera

by Luz Adriana Villa

By nattu Stunning Sunsets and Silhouette photography

By nattu on Flickr

By Nick-K (Nikos Koutoulas)

by Paul (dex) Bica

By Scarleth White

photo by Ann Wuyts

photo by didier.bier on Flickr

photo by Jean-Marie Hullot

photo by Suzan Black

Hope you enjoyed today’s article! Looking forward to hear your impressions!

See you next time!

(These photographs are presented here because they are licensed as “Creative Commons – Attribution” works and for the sole purpose of promoting photography and the photographer’s work)

About the Author: Spyros Thalassinos

is a former Developer deeply fallen in love with Graphic arts. He has been freelancing as a professional Designer since 2007. And now is utilizing his past programming expertise, along with web oriented languages and technologies, to develop dynamic and responsive websites and mobile applications for Extend Graphics. When he is not busy designing Logos and Websites or referring to himself in the 3rd person, you can find him reading books and watching video tutorials to expand his knowledge. He is also the founder and editor of Make your ideas art .