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How to use backlight in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Backlight means light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention. Example: “The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.”

Examples of backlight by meaning

nounLight shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.

  • The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.
  • Egg candling uses backlight to look for chick embryos.

nounLight that is behind a photographic subject.

  • If I do use backlight, it's not to separate the subject from the background; I use it to set a psychological mood, or to create a look.2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 73

verbTo illuminate something from behind.

  • It offers few subtleties, but those can be effective, as when the chorus is backlighted in the rear of the auditorium to produce an ominous play of shadows onstage.2007 June 2, James R. Oestreich, “Strange, Faraway Fantasies of Hell and Paradise”, in New York Times
  • Backlit by the setting sun, an Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino crosses the River Ribble at Preston on December 30 2022.2023 March 22, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, page 61, photo caption

More sentences with backlight

  • The Queen of the Night is backlighted by a skyful of starry dots.2007 April 11, Bernard Holland, “The Flute Is Awfully Nice, Tamino, but Check Out That Astral Sketchbook”, in New York Times. From the entry skyful
  • Quick buffo comedy requires the clarity of the straight play, while sustained romantic anguish flourishes in atmospheric backlights and crosslight.2013, Francis Reid, Stage Lighting Handbook, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry crosslight
  • Front- and backlights are egg-crated Chimera Lightbanks.2007, American Cinematographer - Volume 88, Issues 1-5, page 67. From the entry egg-crate
  • But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome.2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023. From the entry kitbash
  • When the conversion took place, a new wide 'lightbox' or readograph was mounted above the canopy, backlighting the lettering giving the current choice of programmes.2002, Allen Eyles, Keith Skone, Cinemas of Hertfordshire, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry readograph
  • The sun had just gone down, and its afterglow was backlighting the city, which formed low cliffs around the bucolic void to the idle stockyards.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., chapter 7, in Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press…. From the entry afterglow
  • These backlights are placed in the ideal position, directly in line with each cross camera lens, barn doored to light only the back of the participants.2012, E. P. J. Tozer, Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book, page 518. From the entry barn door

Meaning of backlight

  1. noun Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.
  2. noun A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.
  3. noun Light that is behind a photographic subject.

Full definition of backlight

Questions about backlight in a sentence

How do you use backlight in a sentence?
Backlight is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.”
What is a short sentence with backlight?
“Front- and backlights are egg-crated Chimera Lightbanks.”
What does backlight mean?
Backlight means light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.

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