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How do you take a silhouette?


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July 05, 2000

 

David E. Settle
  To take a silhouette, meter off the sky or bright background not off the object to be silhouetted. In doing this, the sky or background will be darker than a 18% gray zone and will make everything in front of it black.

This works especially well at dawn or dusk when the sun is low in the sky.


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August 08, 2000

 
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