Beautiful Photos of Nature That Are Not Real (14 pics)

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Beautiful photos of nature. But they are not real. I mean the photos are real, but the "nature" is not. It's made out of various materials.

"DIY Paradise"

cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers & canvas



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25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures (hard crack & pulled sugar recipes) It's basically made out of candy. salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food coloring, india ink & flour.
Three days of cooking, and two weeks of building.


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"Everything We Ever Were" It took two months to store up enough fireplace ash to create this lunar landscape. The darker rocks are made of mixed tile grout, flag crumpled paper & wire. The Earth is a video still projected onto the wall. Inspired by the Apollo 11 mission.


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Tornado made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss


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Paprika Mars. Made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal


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volcano, "Breaking Point", made out of tile grout, cotton, phosphorous ink. this model volcano was illuminated from within by 6-60 watt light bulbs.


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Burning Room, Made of wood, nylon, plexiglass, purchased dollhouse furniture. The model was actually set on fire to achieve this effect.


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"Salt Water Falls" Model made out of glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas & dry ice. The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt.


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Fields, After the Storm. This model is simply made out of faux fur(fields), cotton (clouds) and sifted tile grout(mountains). The perspective is forced as in all of my images, and the lighting effect was created by simply shifting the white balance.


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Aurora Borealis. This one was made by photographing a beam of colored light against a black curtain to achieve the edge effect. The trees were composited from life ( so far the only real life element in any of these images) The stars are simply strobe light through holes in cork board.


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This one is a mixture of many different materials, tile grout, moss, bottle brushes (pine trees) Actual clippings from ground cover and was built on top of standard outdoor patio table (water glass). The sky is canvas painted blue. Coloring was again achieved by shifting white balance.


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This was another experimental view of mars. The materials, paprika, cinnamon and chili powder (planet) and coffee and sugar (starfield) were sifted over the floor of my studio. The planet was photographed from 12 feet in the air. Although it looked cool, I abandoned this flat method of modeling because in the end I felt it too illustrative next to all the other landscapes.


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"Wildfire"
Diorama made from wood, moss, yellow glitter, clear garbage bags, cooked sugar, scotch-brite pot scrubbers, bottle brushes, clipping from a bush in bloom (white flowers) clear thread, sand, tile grout (coloring), wire, paper and alternating yellow, red and orange party bulbs.



13 Beautiful Photos of Nature That Are Not Real (14 pics)


14 Beautiful Photos of Nature That Are Not Real (14 pics)

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№1 Author: bruce88lee (18 Aug 2010 01:18) Total user comments: 1818


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№2 Author: adzhoe (18 Aug 2010 01:49) Total user comments: 15109


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Fantastic detail.
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№3 Author: Sped17 (18 Aug 2010 03:14) Total user comments: 51


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The only unrealistic one is the burning room--the fire is not to proper scale. Other than that, these are amazing models/dioramas and fool the eyes quite well!
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№4 Author: Patty (18 Aug 2010 04:49) Total user comments: 1766


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Beautiful!! 04
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№5 Author: joffenbaker (18 Aug 2010 06:08) Total user comments: 4968


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Nice, but I preffer the real thing. Beautiful art work though. 04
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№6 Author: raymond.wendt (18 Aug 2010 08:43) Total user comments: 9115


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I could make the ones out of fire. Easy 07
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№7 Author: Jinxaruny (18 Aug 2010 11:04) Total user comments: 10324


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№8 Author: t0t0t0 (18 Aug 2010 12:59) Total user comments: 429


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awesome
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№9 Author: outlaw (18 Aug 2010 14:02) Total user comments: 726


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№10 Author: elunicotomas (18 Aug 2010 14:07) Total user comments: 1680


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04 04 04 04 04 04 zarpado
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№11 Author: apari (18 Aug 2010 20:27) Total user comments: 827


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Holly crap! Amazing
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№12 Author: jonuca (18 Aug 2010 20:47) Total user comments: 585


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wow amazing 04 04
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№13 Author: 2fuzzy (20 Aug 2010 19:35) Total user comments: 10400


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Wow... great work!
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