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The internet is full of beautiful and amazing photographs, but do you ever stop and wonder just what went into that perfect shot? I'm not just talking about the photo editing side of the process, although there's certainly plenty of that involved behind the scenes. No, I'm talking about the hard physical work combined with the often super-creative approaches that photographers employ to ensure that their final shot is the very best depiction of their photoshoot ideas.

Take a look at these behind the scenes pictures to see what we mean. Compiled by Bored Panda, they're sure to give the budding photographer some fresh photography ideas while providing the rest of us an enlightening glimpse into the reality of hard work, photo manipulation and Photoshop ideas that hides behind many a perfect picture.

#1

Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos

Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos

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Carrie
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing idea... I wouldn't have thought of that ^_^

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    #6

    M&m’s In Water Drops

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    Kanika Prajapat
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why are they arranged in colors in picture not in bowl ! Its PHOTOSHOP

    with a Y and a Z
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    totally different pics..the color was arrange like the rainbow on top..not like the bottom pic where its scattered

    Matija Jasarov
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How come the m&ms in the photo are sorted by colour and the ones on the explanation are not?

    Amanda Olguin
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The color pattern of the m&m's don't match up. I call bull

    Jeff Spradling
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bottom is not the actual set up. Just an example

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    Sarah Silverstone
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The pic on top doesn't match the candy in the bowl tho

    Cookie
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, no. The first one, the M&M's are arranged in rainbow colours. The second, they are all mixed.

    Sanna Söderström
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the water color sorted the m&m's to?

    Valentina Vayntraub
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strange how in the final shot the M&Ms are lined up by color. However they're all mixed up in the bowl.

    Jeff Spradling
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bottom is not the actual set up. Just an example

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    Desirree Bauman
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the real picture... the M&M in the water droplets are color sequence like the rainbow... The M&Ms in the bowl in the second picture are all mixed up

    Veronka Nuss
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Candy on the first photo is sorted by color, on the second picture it is a mess. Also the water drops are not the same.. I would like to see real photo taken on the second one

    Claudia Rummel
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Top pic: Smarties/M&Ms lay in lines Bottom: not

    Nico Luciano
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why the 1st photo has a very organized set of colors of M&Ms when the 2nd photo has a messy M&Ms arrangement, what happened to the reflection?

    Stacey Taylor
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the same take. Did they go from mnms bowl to lining up skilttles?

    Dana Corrigan
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the pics don't match up ... the m&ms in top pic were in a rainbow, and the m&ms in bottom pic are mixed up

    Bonni Poch
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm missing something. The droplets in the top photo show the M&Ms organized by colour but the bowl is scattered. Is the bottom photo just showing the technique?

    Luc Andre Paquette
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing how the all look by colors in the photo... Then you look at the behind the scene... All mixed up. The magic of photography :P

    Leanna Rose
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep it's photoshop..... because the M&M are arranged in colors unlike thee ones in the bowl its not, but still where's the lego!! 0w0

    Noel Buenosayres
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This Is not true, the picture shows de m&m's in lines and the plate has all mixed

    Sue Giles
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the same photos. The ones in the raindrops are in lines of colour. The ones in the bowl are random

    Elizabeth Anderson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think those are SKITTLES in the top photo. And while they don't match up exactly, they are showing how the photo on to was done.

    Theresa Smith
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't believe this one at all... the m&md are mixed up in the bowl, how can they be side by side in color??

    Kristi Marie
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not serious. The m&ms in the bowl aren't sorted as the ones above are.

    Barbara Seeberger
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't believe that this is actually how the first picture was shot: the water drops are much too regular and the M&Ms are sorted by colour

    Kris Williams
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is fake, the m&m's are mixed in the bowl but not onze the pic

    Carly Holman
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the first picture, all the colours of m&ms are lined up...

    Rachel Shatil
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not the photo from that staged plate of mms

    Kimi Tann
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did all the colours suddenly line up perfectly?

    Marcy Szeliga
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's something weird about this one, which makes me doubt the validity of the others. In the closeup shot, the "m&ms" are arranged in rows, by color. In the shot that shows the setup for this shot, the m&ms are all mixed up. No organized color by row. So, what gives?

    Rosie Bruno
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not possible, the m&ms inthe droplets are arranged in lines, those in the bowl are all mixed up

    Christine Vining
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope m&ms in tge bowl are not organized by color like in image. Try again.

    Mike Jennings (tymcode)
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    M&M's in the upper photo are arranged in color order. In lower one they're random

    Tryon Briarwood
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the same. The candies are arranged in a rainbow pattern in the original and are most likely skittles since there are no purple M&Ms

    rio sabater
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how come that the m&m's on the droplets are arranged by its color even though on the plate it isn't?

    Andria Cable
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is not the same bowl of M&Ms. Notice how the ones in the top picture are all lined up in rows according to color. The ones in the bottom picture are all mixed together.

    Angela Khor
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks fake. The original M&Ms was not in color sequence. It's all mixed up.

    Debbie Forrest
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this ,I mean the mind is much greater than some can ever imagine

    Jeff Spradling
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many people who commented here DO NOT UNDERSTAND the photographer probably experimented with several different arrangements and perhaps even different objects before the top pic came about. The bottom pic is just an example of how it was done. Geez

    Sara L.
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, no. I think it's safe to say these aren't from the same shoot based on the way the "rainbow" effect of the candy isn't reflected in the mixed candy bowl in the second shot.

    Hubay József
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All you smartasses, you got that, it is not the same picture. But the SAME SET that is the point, don't you get it ???

    Kathryn Sutherland
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the imagination that can create shots like this.

    Horváth Csaba
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have done some waterdrop photography - the 2 pics is not taken from the same bowl of M&M's, but if you take a photo on the second one, it will look like on the first, except the sorting.

    Krystlynne Muscutt
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no way that's the same picture... There are too many differences. Not saying that wasn't how it was done but it's not the same.

    Mirko
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if someone has already noticed that the M&M are sorted in the first pic... just in case...

    Wesley Montoya
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The candy is clearly sorted by color in the first picture but not in the second.

    Barak Segal
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but.... the Lego conquer my mind over here :|

    Natalie S
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same idea as how the shot could have been taken, but obviously not the actual shot that resulted from that photograph. Notice how the shot has no brown in the droplets: they are skittles not M&Ms. And how the candies are arranged in a pattern inside the droplets but in the "behind the scenes" picture the candies are random in the bowl. -_- If people are going to make things like this, they should be accurate.

    Barbara Caslon
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's amazing! The water droplets caused all the M&Ms to line up by color!

    Intensive Panda
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think making THIS would be easier with PhotoShop

    SparklyCuckoo
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The m&ms in the bowl are mixed up, but the ones in the top photos are arranged neatly. I'm guessing same technique, different times? Still very awesome.

    Maggie Grover Bacher
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm going to say the top is actually just digital art and the bottom is made to look like what they did.

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    Photoshoot 25m Under The Sea In A Sunken Shipwreck

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    Underwater Dog

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    Wedding Photography

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    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's not a racy shot - it's a lacy shot

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    Mirror Lake

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    Floating

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    Bambi Bambszi
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well you didn't think that the girl and the chair really flew, did you?

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    #16

    Food Styling Photography

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    Tammy Chapman
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one makes me laugh....silly. I love the comment "the bloody food" by ScribbleArtie. lmao I'm American and a Texan at that. We don't use the term bloody, unless it's to describes actual blood. lol

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    #17

    Wedding Photography

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    Rcatheron
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kudos to the photographer. Beautiful shot.

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    #18

    Underwater Photoshoot

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    Baby Photography

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    Perfume On A Glassy Surface

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    macana
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly don't believe they did this fancy photoshooting in mud :D

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    Close-ups Of Snowflakes

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    Egle Bitinaite
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does it look like there are wires coming out of that flake

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    Macro Photography

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    Lotus Buccola
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm always jelly of these guys. I get near a dragonfly or bug and AWAY!!! T_T

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    Splashing Roses Photography

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    Kjorn
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what we can say here it's that nothing is real

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    Flour Photoshoot

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    Volcano Photography

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    Arti Maharaj
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn! if I could've created a volcano like that for high school :P How was the volcano made? its very very cool!

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    How Mountains Landscape Photos Are Made Of

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    Lena Hunter
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like I would run into so many photographers just buying cotton balls and spray bottles

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    #35

    Aurora Borealis

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    Tarannom
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No no I dont want to belive that :|| :(((

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