The ‘Silhouettes’ contest is now open for submissions for Amateur photographers only. A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.

From its original graphic meaning, the term “silhouette” has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is back-lit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Anything that appears this way, for example, a figure standing back-lit in a doorway, may be described as “in silhouette”. Because a silhouette emphasizes the outline.