Silhouette 4

Sunset Cliffs
San Diego, California, United States

Canon 20D
Focal Length 24mm
Aperture 10
Shutter 1/160
ISO 100

Silhouette

Silhouette
Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA, United States

Canon EOS 20D
Focal Length 24
Aperture 4
Shutter 1/500
ISO 100

Making silhouette shots is rather easy given you have the right condition.  The background of the photo will need to be much brighter than the foreground.  Then, you just expose for the background.  For this shot the background wasn't all that much brighter and the silhouette wasn't as pronounced.  In Aperture 2.0 (or any photo editing software for that matter) I adjusted the contrast which naturally darkens the image.  Just make sure not to overdue it because you will want to leave much of the brightness in the background of the shot.  Also, in post production editing you could isolate the subject and selectively darken only that part of the image, which would be easy for a picture like this with easily distinguishable objects.