21 Beautiful Silhouette Photos for Your Inspiration

Silhouette of two people on a cliff
Photo: Grant Ritchie/Unsplash

Light is the most crucial element in all of photography, and one creative way to experiment with light is to capture silhouette photos. In landscape and travel photography, the sun’s low angle around sunrise and sunset will create opportunities for silhouette photos.

For inspiration, here’s a collection of beautiful silhouette photos that should provide plenty of ideas.

Silhouette of a windmill in front of a colorful sky
Photo: dimitrisvetsikas1969/Pixabay
Silhouette of a bird on a pole in front of an orange sky
Photo: Jordi Rubies/Unsplash
Silhouette of palm tree at sunset
Photo: Ramy Kabalan/Unsplash
Silhouette of a buck in front of a purple sky
Photo: Max Saeling/Unsplash
Silhouette of Giraffes and trees
Photo: Ahmed Galal/Unsplash
Silhouettes of palm trees under colorful clouds
Photo: stinne24/Pixabay
Silhoeutte of a woman in front of the Taj Mahal
Photo: expressionswala/Pixabay
Silhouette of a tree in front of a colorful sky
Photo: icon0com/Pixabay
Silhouette of a bird on a plant
Photo: apnear40/Pixabay
Silhouette of a mountain with forest and fog in the foreground
Photo: JancickaL/Pixabay
Silhouette of a camel and mountains
Photo: Mariam Soliman/Unsplash
Silhouette of an elephant in front of an orange sky
Photo: Atwena Goodman/Unsplash
Photo: Nick Fewings/Unsplash
Silhouette of a woman at dusk on the beach
Photo: petraboekhoff/Pixabay
Silhouette of a tower and birds at sunrise
Photo: Jrafave/Pixabay
Lake at sunset
Photo: amusic11/Pixabay
Silhouette or an oryx at sunset
Photo: Ahmed Galal/Unsplash
Silhouette of a tree swing under a golden sky
Photo: Denis Shchigolev/Unsplash
Silhouette of two palm trees under a purple sky
Photo: Jakob Owens/Unsplash
Silhouette of people standing on a cliff
Photo: Grant Ritchie/Unsplash
Kyoto, Japan silhouette at dusk
Photo: Ash Edmonds/Unsplash