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Post by gwangi on Jul 13, 2011 21:29:59 GMT
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Post by gwangi on Jul 13, 2011 21:37:49 GMT
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Post by gwangi on Jul 13, 2011 22:13:00 GMT
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Post by gwangi on Jul 13, 2011 22:30:52 GMT
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Post by mmfrankford on Jul 13, 2011 23:22:48 GMT
Wonderful dioramas! I love how the photos tell stories. My favorite is the Giganatosaurus with the stream blurred behind. Do you mind if I use it as my desktop wallpaper?
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Post by Griffin on Jul 13, 2011 23:30:02 GMT
Wow cool dios. My favorites are the stego with the blurred water around it and the cryo eating the crustacean.
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Post by gwangi on Jul 14, 2011 1:48:13 GMT
Thanks for the compliments! MM, of course I don't mind if you use the picture as your wallpaper, I would actually be honored.
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Post by neovenator08 on Jul 14, 2011 6:08:52 GMT
Love the Postosuchus ones! You made an already great figure look even better! ;D
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Post by gwangi on Jul 14, 2011 20:30:36 GMT
Wow, thanks. That is quite the compliment.  |
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Post by pawnosuchus on Jul 18, 2011 15:17:23 GMT
Great Photography. I like the Pachy taking a drink. You made him come alive! Like the one shot of the Giga with the trees in the background also. Excellent job.
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 18, 2011 16:54:05 GMT
Brilliant! Poor Apatosaurus youngster.  |
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Post by gwangi on Jul 18, 2011 20:35:17 GMT
Thanks guys and don't worry Himmapaan, he's alright now and will likely prevail in a future battle. |
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Post by gwangi on Aug 9, 2011 21:58:48 GMT
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Post by bokisaurus on Aug 10, 2011 1:59:54 GMT
Sopiecem late with my reply. First, great job on these dioramas. It's refreshing to see new ones. Postu & pachy drinking, Nigersaurus, Cryo, Giga (all close -up of head shot) - They are my favorites. They capture your individual style, and being distinct and recognizable as yours is something that is hard to achieve. The others are good, but it could be anyone. The ones I mention, at least for me, I can tell , after viewing your work, that they are by the same artist. A true achievement! Also, all the close-ups of the heads, and some of the wider shots, blur the background enough that you created an illusion of scale. The others, although they all had great story, the backgrounds (rocks, leaves, trees, etc.) distracted me since you can really tell that they are small. If I could offer a suggestions for the wider shots - try and place your figures away from something that would magnify their true size (no leaves/grass, large trees, etc.). Believe me, I know how hard that can be. But your newer ones, you were able to pull it off by cropping the background (like the pterosaurs on the rock with the waterfall as the background, that one is creative and original). Good example is the apato and baby crossing the river. Really great piece… if you crop the bank. Eliminating it really brings a new feel to the entire photo. River scenes - They are all great! I love how you capture the sense of panic by choosing figures that had that expressions. The Jobaria one is my favorite. It looks as if it got caught in a flash-flood and is panic stricken! Great job, another creative and original composition. I'm glad someone is busy making dioramas, I know I have been slacking. I look forward to more of your work, keep it up! Oh, BTW, where do you live? Your locations look beautiful. And, how often did you get yourself wet taking those water pictures? I imagine you have to go really low to get those shots  |
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Post by gwangi on Aug 10, 2011 2:30:58 GMT
Wow Boki, I really appreciate your in depth comment and critique. It is especially nice to receive such comments from someone like yourself who does beautiful dioramas. Looking at yours and others was the selling point for finally getting into this hobby.
I am aware of things like leaves and branches destroying the illusion of real dinosaurs but didn't really notice it until after my first set of pictures. I tried harder with this latest set to avoid that. Avoiding human elements is also difficult, that waterfall runs over man-made walls that I tried hard to avoid and they actually prevented me from taking more photos at that spot. It seems wherever I looked there was an old tire, tin can or brick that could potentially ruin the shot.
I live in Central New York which is an area covered in lakes, deep gullies and gorges. There are other spots that would put that last one to shame...I just have to get to them. And yes, I did get fairly wet taking those shots. I made sure to wear shorts and sandals just to avoid soggy cloths.
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Post by Libraraptor on Aug 10, 2011 18:45:05 GMT
Those diving spinosaurs and the drowning Jobaria are my favourites! And I like the classic one with Brachiosaurus´ neck as a snorkel!
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Post by sbell on Aug 10, 2011 19:20:26 GMT
Those diving spinosaurs and the drowning Jobaria are my favourites! And I like the classic one with Brachiosaurus´ neck as a snorkel! But the pressure differential...it would be asphyxiating! |
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Post by Libraraptor on Aug 10, 2011 19:50:51 GMT
Those diving spinosaurs and the drowning Jobaria are my favourites! And I like the classic one with Brachiosaurus´ neck as a snorkel! But the pressure differential...it would be asphyxiating! I know. And I don´t know how one couldn´t know back then, for it really laid at hand. Yet I love all the pics of underwater sauropods - and that´s why I like that retrorama, too. |
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Post by gwangi on Aug 10, 2011 20:35:33 GMT
I realize the brachiosaurus couldn't travel that deep into the water but I did it for the retro look and I think it turned out cool. As for the spinosaurs, they should be able to handle deeper water being fish eaters and all right?
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Post by Himmapaan on Aug 11, 2011 14:02:12 GMT
I love all these latest ones! My favourites are the Pteranodon and the Jobaria caught in a flood.
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