Star Wars Minifigures in the Wild

[Clone OPatra]

Seeing all of the amazing photos of Minifigures taken by Smokebelch (I urge you to look at them here), I was inspired to go snap some of my own. The lighting and overall composure of the shots is not nearly as good as his, but I thought I'd give it a go.

This scene is entitled: Lost Troopers

Two troopers seem to be separated from their squad on a jungle planet, and they don't even have blasters!

And from above:

How do you like my first attempt? (If I take nay more, I'll just make a new post in this thread) And again, all the credit of inspiration goes to Smokebelch! Check out his pictures if you have not already!

[Hewman]

I like the second photo best, the trees look good. I'm definitely not an expert but maybe a little more action type posing of the minifigs would add to the pics.

[Future74]

Great quality on both of them!

I'm wondering who/what is looking down the trees (maybe an idea for the next picture)

[smokebelch]

Very cool- I heartily endorse this tread

And thanks for the bigup Clone O'Patra

Really really like your first shots- and really great angle on the second one - you get a really cool sense of scale with the tree trunks- though just as an idea sometimes if you move away leaves etc on the ground it can make the minifigs look even more lifesize. But its a great first attempt- i think the key thing is to just have fun, and enjoy taking your shots- I've only been taking mine for a couple of years, but the best way to learn is to just do it. If i were to offer any advice id just say take a whole LOAD of shots when your shooting- you'll often find the best angle composition can sometimes be a complete fluke- happens a lot with my shots!

The other thing is give your shots a quick edit in a photo editing package. I never used to do anything with mine, but youd be suprised how a quick edit can really give your shots a boost. All i ever do on mine now is to boost the contrast slightly and sometimes drop the brightness a notch. Most basic photo editing software will let you so that- you dont need photoshop etc.. It can sometimes really give your shots a much more cinematic feel, and is really quick and easy to do.

I started taking shots of my toys after being inspired by Brian McCarty's shots of Vinyl art toys- have a look here-

Brian McCarty's Flickr Page

His stuff is amazing, so so cool. I just wanted to have a go at creating some shots that look as good as his, think i've gotten better with time, and i just really enjoy doing it

Very cool to think i've inspired someone to take photo's of their stuff!

And keep them coming I want to see more!