Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Photographers help me out (Silhouettes) Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]Autumnal[/m] at 12:03 pm on Nov. 1, 2008[quote]I don't know, but it's a pretty nice picture :)[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Lewdness Posted at 12:01 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 My friends and I went to Newport earlier this week and I got to fiddling with my camera. The one above is one of the pictures I took, and there are more like that. But is there any way to not only capture silhouettes? Like, is there some sort of setting I need to get the faces of the people instead of shadow looking things? I've got a Nikon D40.

Replies girlbythewhirlpool Posted at 11:54 am on Nov. 2, 2008 use flash on a fairly weak setting to fill it in slightly? actually i have a feeling that the 'night' setting on them works okay on shots like this. obv you could shoot from another angle, so not against the light, but then you wouldn't have the pretty background.   Porkie Posted at 3:45 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 It's just the lighting you gotta get right. wink Posted at 1:46 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 Try a night settting or dawn if u have that on your camera Napster the Hacker Posted at 12:16 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 you cant do any thing to get the faces, except photoshop the pics and replace the faces with some thing else lol NEGATIVE0 Posted at 12:10 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 IT'S ALL IN THE LIGHTING. Lewdness Posted at 12:09 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 Quote: from Al Legator at 12:06 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 I don't know the D-40 but it seems all you really need is some fill flash (small amount on the front of your subject in this case) or full flash which would illuminate them more but may de-emphasise or wash out the background. I assume the problem was either that the flash was off or not on the right setting. Full flash absolutely killed the background, yeah, so I just just turned that off. I'm not sure about this fill flash though. I'll check my manual and see how that goes. Thank you! Al Legator Posted at 12:06 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 I don't know the D-40 but it seems all you really need is some fill flash (small amount on the front of your subject in this case) or full flash which would illuminate them more but may de-emphasise or wash out the background.  I assume the problem was either that the flash was off or not on the right setting. Lewdness Posted at 12:06 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 Quote: from reev at 12:04 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 well for 1, you have the subjects facing towards the sun so that any light is going onto them, and isn't behind them. and for how dark it seems right there, you'd probably want to have your aperture set rather high, a flash would help too. I tried flash, but that completely blackened the background. I didn't bother with the aperture though. I'll definitely try that out next time. Thanks, Reev. reev Posted at 12:04 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 well for 1, you have the subjects facing towards the sun so that any light is going onto them, and isn't behind them. and for how dark it seems right there, you'd probably want to have your aperture set rather high, a flash would help too. Autumnal Posted at 12:03 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 I don't know, but it's a pretty nice picture :) NEGATIVE0 Posted at 12:02 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 ... no? just lighting is necessary. All 11 previous replies displayed.