The proper definition of a silhouette is “the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass.” In photography, often we achieve that effect by putting light behind the object whose silhouette we want to capture, effectively darkening out the features of the subject instead of highlighting them.
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Life of 24 Hours 
So beautiful. The place looks so serene.
Yes the place looked simply beautiful, soaked in the fading sunlight.
Thank you for your comment 🙂
Excellent capture, bro! 🙂
Rahul
Thanks Rahul 🙂
You’re most welcome! 🙂
Rahul
The sun is beautifully framed in this shot, well done!
Glad you liked that. Thank you so much 🙂
Its so natural and magnetic! loved it Tapish! even the capture that you chose for the theme is itself royal … 🙂
Oh great. Thank you so much 🙂
thanks for the pingback! z
Beautiful!
Thanks!
Gorgeous! And thank you for the pingback!
Thank you!
What a beautiful photo! Thank you for the pingback.
Thank you!
Magnificent picture with the god of sunshine in the center. Bravo!
It’s always wonderful to have your comment. Thank you Vera.
Lovely image -colour is fantastic!
Thanks for the ping-back too!
Thanks much!
Love your photos Tapish… Have you been worried and then come around before? 🙂
Oops! Now how did I write that above?!! I meant to write that I’m worried I might have visited before and forgot to leave a comment. Sorry! 😆
Oh that’s totally fine, Eliz. Glad you visited twice 🙂
TY and looking forward to your next post… no pressure. 😆
Oh great. I’m just about to publish it!
😉
Postcard Picture Perfect
Thank you Zinal.
A stunning Silhouette! Thank you for the pingback 🙂
Thanks Madhu.
Wow it’s a beautiful shot!
Thank you Daph! 🙂
just beautiful. 🙂
Thank you buddy!
A spectacular picture!
Thanks 🙂
Lovely sunset & silhouette
What a beautiful view that is. I can sit and look at pictures like this for what seems like hours
That’s a huge compliment. Thank you so much!!