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Why gummy bears are so afraid of dinosaurs

This was the first toy photo I’d ever taken. Was going for fun and playful. Maybe even get a smile.

This was the first toy photo I’d ever taken. Was going for fun and playful. Maybe even get a smile.
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Canon EOS 2000D

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 35/1

location

Rawlins, Wyoming, US

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Oct, 2020

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Zenith Award

Honorable Mention in Capture Plastics Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Green Shades Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in Creative Moments Photo Contest

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Spring 21 Award

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Peer Award

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Outstanding Creativity

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Genius

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Brilliant as usual

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Thanks!! Very much appreciated!

Hahah this is awesome! Put a big smile on my face!

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Thank you! I tend to enjoy the fun still life, as opposed to the classic flowers and vase.

this image is a great idea, very well done !

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Thanks! This is actually the very first toy photo I took. It was interesting to shoot. I took it on my front lawn, so the background was parked cars, houses and a street sign. Thus the f/2.8!

try gummie worms, too!

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 his bite on yellow jelly is so funny , cute capture .thanks.

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awesome!

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Love the creativity of this photograph!

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Thanks so much! That makes the 426 hot glue 2nd degree burns I received trying to hot glue the bears in place worth it!

nom nom nom! 😂🤣

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Thanks. Nothing like an afternoon snack to keep your blood sugar up!

How creative!

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LOv it😂

Way to think outside the box. Congrats on the award. :-)

Instant happiness from this picture

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Thanks! It’s such an odd combination, T-Rex and gummy bears. That made it fun to play around with and shoot. I like goofy pics like this because of the fun factor.

I see myself in this picture. I have small hands and arms and love me some gummy bears.

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I love this! I wish there were more toy photographers on this site. Excellent capture btw.

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Thanks, it was fun to shoot!

SHOT!! Love it

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Thanks!

lol I love this!

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Thanks, it was fun to shoot.

Haha, love this one, great shot! 😅

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Thanks you very much!

You aimed BIG and went home BIG by OUTdoing yourself. AWESOME and AMAZING. Gonna call you Tyrano King. 😁

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Thanks you, much appreciated!

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I can relate to this love of gummy bears.

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Me too! Especially the sour ones.

awesome

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Thanks!!

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Location

This was the first toy photo I attempted. I took it in the front yard of my house. The first few attempts failed, because the houses across the street, cars and the signpost were all in the photo. Houses and cars kind of take away from the whole prehistoric theme. I had to drop the f-stop way down to blur the background.

Time

I took the photo in the early afternoon, which allowed my daughter to help me. We tried a variety of colored and grunge backgrounds, before settling on the natural background. The toy was pretty small, as you can tell by using the gummy bears for scale. This means I had to lay flat on the ground a shoot up.

Lighting

This was taken with natural lighting. There was decent cloud cover to help diffuse the afternoon sunlight.

Equipment

I used a Canon 2000D, with a 35mm fixed lens. This gives me close to a 50mm lens due to the cropped sensor. I used f/2.8 to blur the background. Since it was in the afternoon, I used 1/2000 sec to avoid blowing it out. ISO was 100, since I had so much light.

Inspiration

I wanted to try toy photography. I ran across this dinosaur in Walmart. I settled on him attacking gummy bears. I pulled the heads off the bears in his hands as if he bit them off. I used some whole bears in his mouth, partial bears, and little pieces of bear stuck between his teeth.

Editing

I adjusted the brightness, contrast, texture and clarity. I had to do some work to help lessen the impact of the shadows. I brightened the bears and adjusted the luminosity. This was a light-up toy that made noises when activated. The activation button is shown at the bottom of the picture; the red scratch marks. I tried to clone out the red scratches and outline of the button, but I couldn’t make it look good. I settled with just leaving it as is. I cropped some of it out, but had to leave the top to avoid cutting the arms off.

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