Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined; that which is contained within their outlines and their boundaries themselves will be ill-understood unless they are shown against a background of a different tone from themselves.
Leonardo da Vinci
“Actually, I do happen to resemble a hallucination. Kindly note my silhouette in the moonlight.” The cat climbed into the shaft of moonlight and wanted to keep talking but was asked to be quiet. “Very well, I shall be silent,” he replied, “I shall be a silent hallucination.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
Fishing silhouette in Curacao
Statute in Peru with bird on head.
PHOTO CHALLENGE
This week, experiment with light and capture a silhouette.
More shadow shots
Thanks so much for adding my silhouette photo to your page. I will come back to have a better look around your interesting blog.
Thanks for stopping by.. I usually only choose blogs I really like so well done.
Thanks for the ping back!
Thanks for stopping by
These are great shots 🙂
Thanks. I love the challenge.
Nice selection. I particularly like the 2nd one. A good quote from Da Vinci too.
I appreciate that. Thanks for stopping by.