Tyto's photography and Dios

[Tyto_Theropod]

These were taken a couple of months ago on a walk with my Carnegie Albertosaurus. They weren't as good as I'd have liked them to be - I'm getting used to a new camera ATM

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And here she is stalking a herd of Parasaurolophus in the Cretaceous wilds of my parents' garden! I was trying to do an entry for the diorama contest, but I wasn't able to get any pictures I thought stood much chance

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As an amateur photographer, something I like doing for a quirky personal touch is incorporating dinosaurs into my other work. Whenever I go somewhere interesting, I choose a dinosaur to accompany me and be my model for the day! It would be my dream to get a book published of these. Here's a Schleich Parasaurolophus enjoying herself at this year's Edinburgh Festival:

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[Arul]

For me,thats not a problem if we dont have photograph skill to make a natural diorama,i think the most important is how to use our imagination so we can still have fun with our stuff

[docronnie]

Dinotours... Love the concept!

[laticauda]

As an amateur photographer, something I like doing for a quirky personal touch is incorporating dinosaurs into my other work. Whenever I go somewhere interesting, I choose a dinosaur to accompany me and be my model for the day! It would be my dream to get a book published of these. Here's a Schleich Parasaurolophus enjoying herself at this year's Edinburgh Festival:

I take pictures with the worlds worst camera, so just keep trying things, and you never know.  I also sometimes take a toy with me, with the knowledge that you never know when a interesting and fun shot will happen.  I love your travel with dinosaurs idea. 

[Tyto_Theropod]

A change of scene brought by the start of term at Uni, and with it some great nearby areas for taking shots. Here are the results of a walk with my Carnegie Carnotaurus...

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Apologies for extensive image spam

[laticauda]

Those are some nice shots with the Carnegie Carnotaurus!

[Gwangi]

The close up of the face with the water in the background in my favorite, nice job!

[Tyto_Theropod]

Thank you guys

Gwangi, I was pretty proud of the face close-up myself, considering my new camera isn't as good for macros as the old one - it always thinks I want to take the background!

Constructive crit welcome also

[Tyto_Theropod]

I haven't posted here for a while, life got... weird. 

But hey, I found these pictures of my CollectA Olorotitan from back in November or December last year! Winter here in Scotland means completely un-dinosaur-y scenery, with bare trees and occasional snow. But these look okay. The rest didn't come out that well, though.

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I don't know why this model is so unpopular, I love how dainty and sprightly she seems.

[triceratops83]

That's a lovely forest you're using as a backdrop. Moss covered branches always looks great in dino photography. What are the trees behind the Carnotaurus? They almost look like eucalypts.

[Tyto_Theropod]

Thanks - I think they're some kind of willow.

[triceratops83]

Thanks - I think they're some kind of willow.

Thanks. When I think of Willows I always remember that creepy Algernon Blackwood story. As for a Scottish winter, you could use some Edmontosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus - I think people are getting used to visualising these animals in a cold environment. Yutyrannus too.

[Tyto_Theropod]

Unfortunately I don't have either of those at the moment, although they are on my (scarily long!) wishlist. Seeing how much I love Safari's dinosaurs, as they're so accurate and detailed for toys, they'll probably turn up one day

Today I was planning on taking out the Carnegie mammoth I got for Christmas, but my Carnegie Corythosaurus caught my eye and I ended up taking him (that an he was lighter and better fit in my coat pocket...). I got some good shots, but he does look a little incongruous with all the bare branches... :/

Let's just pretend he's an Edmontosaurus, kay? XD

[Tyto_Theropod]

Carnegie Corythosaurus in unlikely wintery setting. Next time I'm definitely taking my Mammoth

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Hanging out with some distant cousins (lol):
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[triceratops83]

It's a good environment for that Corythosaurus.

[Tyto_Theropod]

Remember those woolly mammoth pictures I promised?

Bird's eye view of a bull crossing the (not so) vast steppes.
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...And down on his level. I think the birch thicket and sunny winter day make a very good setting for this figure - unfortunately the dead the leaves give the scale away! I normally remove dead leaves if there are just one or two of them, but removing so many of them would have taken all day
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Also, the finished repainted chinasaur, taken specially for the 'after picture in my customs threat right over here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2392.0

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[Tyto_Theropod]

Today marked my first bit of 'location shooting', if you will, where I went somewhere with the specific intention of a photoshoot with some of my favourite models. BEWARE: This post is very long and contains extensive image spam!

I've thought for a long time that my local botanical gardens would make for some interesting settings, although I was a bit worried that people were going to stare at some crazy person snapping pictures of model dinosaurs. Especially as, after my best efforts to fit a 60cm Carnegie Diplodocus in there, my backpack looked like this (lol!):
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This being Scotland in February, t was still pretty dead-looking outside apart from the snowdrops, and I had a feeling that the flowerbeds were never going to look like anything but flowerbeds in figure photographs. The glasshouses, however, offered some great places (and were mostly warmer!).

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Having faced up to the challenge of walking around a public area with a small green tail sticking out of my bag, I then found out that the Diplodocus is a swine to photograph. It was so big that it was hard to get it in a good setting and at a good angle without showing a ton of other stuff and making it a tad too obvious that it's a model in a greenhouse. Not only that, but it my camera can't seem to focus on both the head and the body at the same time. Fair enough in this case, as the neck is so long, but it does it with quite a few of my other models at some angles. I'll call it Diplodocos Syndrome.

This was taken in the Desert House, which naturally had lots of arid-looking areas, making it great for Triassic and Jurassic figures. WS Kentrosaurus is an easier size, if you can manage to find any plants that look remotely in scale with it... (just for anyone who doesn't own this model: all that detail is packed into a length of about 12cm. I kid you not)!

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More Diplodocus Syndrome in this one, and if you look closely you can see that some intelligent species has kindly labelled the plants in the background! Being a botanical garden, the place is chock full of labels and it was quite hard to find places where there weren't any in the main shot...

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I'm lonely...

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Pretty little thing, isn't she? (Have just decided she's a she looking at this... XD)

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She found a tree

In the Temperate House, I found a nice place for duckbills to hang out (not to mention snack!)
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More Diplodocus Syndrome for Schleich Parasaurolophus, but for some reason I think it make it look as if she's moving! Camera trap, maybe?

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Noms are probably imminent!

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...And there's a whole herd to feed, too!

Onto the Alpine house, which arguably had the best opportunities (and also happened to be the coldest D:).

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Carnegie Albertosaurus. Is it just me that really loves how this figure looks from the top? The phrase 'lean, mean killing machine' springs to mind...

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Either she doesn't notice the highly authentic Cretaceous seed label, or doesn't care. The photographer only noticed it when it was too late! 

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Having finished with her tree (either that or she couldn't reach it ), Kentrosaurus searches for more to eat. Looks like she may be in luck!

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"At last! Food on my level! "

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About eighty million years later, Albertosaurus isn't as lucky. Anodontosaurus is uncooperative!

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...And frightens her off with c****y focus and more Diplodocus Syndrome!

(I thought those two had come out on my little camera screen and was really happy I'd got something dynamic. Then I get them on my laptop and boom.  )

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...And even more Diplodocus Syndrome!!!

I think it's time to beetle it out of here and move onto the Temperate House, don't you?

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RAWR! I are swamp monster!

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The Carnegie Giganotosaurus has pleasingly bird-like eyes.

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...He also finally broke the Curse of the Dippy, it seems!

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Moving from Cool to Warm Temperate, and Tyto's camera begins to steam up (and, more annoyingly, Tyto's glasses )

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This was the last photo ever taken by renowned explorer and cryptozoologist Major Gordon Q. Peabody-McSausage, who went missing in Patagonia whilst searching for the elusive Giant Southern Lizard Beast. only his camera was ever found, and his fate is still unknown to this day. XD

Meanwhile, Albertosaurus stumbles into the Mediteranian house whilst searching for easier pickings at the cafeteria, and is pleased to find plants from her native continent!

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All in all, it was a great place for a photoshoot, although some of the models I'd taken (Carnegie Corythosaurus and Carnotaurus) ended up not getting used (Corythosaurus is like, "Oh well, maybe next time. ..." and Carnotaurus got home, charged at the wall three times and ripped up a chinasaur duckbill...) I'd recommend anyone who likes taking pictures of their models and has a botanical gardens nearby to go along there and try a few shots. By their very nature they're also wildlife friendly places, so it's a good opportunity to see some 'real dinosaurs', too!

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It was, however, cold - certainly much more so than in the Mesozoic! - so after we finished shooting we popped into the nearest Costa for a hot drink and a BLT sandwich. Or to be more precise, Albertosaurus, Carnotaurus and Giganotosaurus had B, Kentrosaurus, Diplodocus and Euoplocephalus had L, the duckbills had T and I was stuck with sandwich, but fortunately I had money for a lemon tart...

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"Finally, a meal that doesn't try to club me to death!"

And that, you will be glad to hear, raps it up for this session!

[triceratops83]

All great shots, but the Parasaurolophus ones in particular look very realistic, and the first Giganotosaurus pic seems like a plausible environment. Had a little chuckle at the fogged lens, I've learned not to keep my camera in my air-conditioned room and then bring it out into 37 degree Celsius heat.

[Arul]

Great  its always fun to go outside and bring our toys to take a pict of it 

[Dinomike]

I think your pics are great! I love the playfulness in them. Dinotours, lol, epic! The Carnegie Carnotaurus pics are my favorites as is one of my favorite models!