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Headline: Artist Shoots Amazing Wildlife Photography... From His Home

Caption: Egyptian visual artist Amr Elshamy has always had the dream of shooting animals in the wild, both on land and in sea. “One of my dreams is to travel the world with my camera and take photos of wildlife, like a National Geographic photographer,” Elshamy writes. Sadly, Amr hasn't been able to do the real thing yet, so he decided to create his own wildlife imagery by using realistic animal models and sets built inside his room studio. Titled 'Life', the amazing project started a couple of months ago when Elshamy got in touch with a Chinese company called MOJO FUN, which makes highly detailed animal figures. To create underwater shots, Elshamy filled a tank with water and added blue coloring to create a tint. To add specks of dust to the shots, he dropped tissues into the water and moved it around. He also uses a black background, fishing line to hold the animals, and a single flash head with a snoot with a blue gel. To create scenes of the snowy arctic, Elshamy uses a white background, 2 flashes heads (a softbox above and one for the background), and cheap snow that you can find at gift shops. For his arctic scenes, Elshamy also adds in faint mountain landscapes into the background to add realism to the scenes. He then uses Photoshop to get rid of any unwanted marks in the pictures, such as bubbles, fishing lines and glass scratches. To see more of Amr's amazing work, check out his Behance page at https://www.behance.net/hotamr and his website www.hotamr.com.

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