Emerge 2025 Silhouetto Top 10
Aug 14, 2025
We're up to challenge number seven of Emerge, Silhouetto. It's another of our personal favourites and it seems we're not alone! Our challengers created some incredible silhouettes for this challenge and we had a hard time narrowing the submissions down to our top ten!
Silhouettes eliminate textural detail and black out facial expressions, relying instead on the pose and body language of the dog to tell the story.
The simplicity of a silhouette helps the subject stand out as the feature of the image, but the lack of detail in the shadows also creates a sense of mystery, leaving the finer details to the viewer's imagination and allowing them to create their own story.
Here are the top 10, in no particular order.
Charlotte & Craig 🐶 📸 ✨
We provide video feedback on all images submitted for the challenge, and from there, we select our Top 20 and Top 10. Without further ado, here are the Top 10 images for this challenge!
Carol Wolfram
We really enjoyed the story in this image, it's fun and joyful. There is just enough separation in the dogs at the back waiting patiently and shapes of the person and jumping dog outlined against the sun being a real energy to this silhouette.
Jackie Searies | Photos By Jackie.S
Such a lovely story of friendship in this image, the position of the legs being so similar in both the horse and dog make them feel like they are in sync with one another.
Jo Lyons | Jo Lyons Photography
This gives us the feeling of an old cave painting thanks to the graphic nature of a silhouette, the use of spotlight and the textures in the red/orange hues. The scruffy dog and the short haired make a great, humorous combo.
Kaori Stewart | Kaori Stewart Photography
The sky almost looks volcanic in shape and the reds of the sunset sky. The dog is posed wonderfully and being framed by the cloud adds interest to the composition.
Kerstin Mitchell
A fantastic silhouette with a dramatic, ominous sky and a great story and sense of place.
Liz Dranow | TimePunk Pet Photography
What a sweet story of adventure. The softness is ethereal, yet there is also texture and detail which aids the emotive qualities of this silhouette.
Polona Železnikar
This is so atmospheric, the position of the dog and the glassy, crystalline appearance of the water splashing from the legs is lovely.
Szekelyi Beatrix | beatrix7607
This looks like a fun time! The dog going in for a kiss! (or more likely doing a jump/bounce trick). Either way it's quirky and has a sense of fun.
Tania Mackie | Tania Mackie Photography
This is a striking silhouette of this dog. The softness of the sky and waves contrast well with the amazing striations of colour visible in the reflections.
Yvonne Jansen | BlissfulTails
What a fantastic moment, there is something extremely evocative in the dogs gait and them looking down. The sun kissing the landscape through the haze is gorgeous!
Emerge is the intermediate 6-month interactive challenge-based dog photography course in our Unleashed Challenges series, focusing on helping you to expand your shooting shot list and learn valuable new skills.
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