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 digital manipulation side of the process, although there's certainly plenty of that involved. No, I'm talking about the physical hard work combined with the often super-creative approaches that photographers employ in order to ensure that their final shot is the very best it can be.

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 ideas while giving the rest of us an enlightening glimpse into the reality that hides behind many a perfect picture.

#1

Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos

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Michael Paul Smith Report

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

Wait... what? That is really cool. I clicked to flip umpteen times to believe it.

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    #2

    Wedding Photography

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    #3

    Water Reflections

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

    And now we know!!! I often wondered how certain photos had been created underwater!

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    #4

    Life In A Drop Photography

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    D' Third Photography Report

    #5

    Surreal Miniature Photography

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

    Fooled again by another miniature... incredible indeed!

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    #6

    Girl Enjoying Rain

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    FunLeak Report

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

    An observant person would have noticed that it's only raining on the leaf. But I do still love the effect!

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    #7

    Fox Close Up

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    Dan Dinu Report

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

    Well how else are they supposed to take the picture?!?

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    #8

    Water Splash Background

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    #9

    Levitation

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

    I'd think she would still have to be some sort of gymnist to be able to balance (and hold) like that. Wowza!

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    #10

    Wedding Photography

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    Chris Chambers Report

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

    And after the shooting, clothes straight into the washing machine!!! ;-)

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    #11

    Photoshoot 25m Under The Sea In A Sunken Shipwreck

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

    That's not really a photography lie. The girl is really there, under water, with no air tank. Very impressive.

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    #12

    M&M’s In Water Drops

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    Northwest Dad Report

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

    the m-n-m's on the main pic are lined up like rainbows, yet the reveal pic has them all mixed up in the bowl - a lie within a lie! ;)

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    #13

    Floating

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    The Photo Fiend Report

    #14

    How Landscape Photos Are Really Made

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    Matthew Albanese Report

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

    Well, at least it's safer than actually chasing a storm.

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    #15

    Splashing Roses Photography

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    Alex Koloskov Report

    #16

    Underwater Photoshoot

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    #17

    Heart-shaped Photo

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    Globetrotter Diaries Report

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

    the one who post this things doesn't know what a LIE means i think. this is bokeh, a light effect, not a lie

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    #18

    Levitation Shot

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

    This had to take a lot of editing... a little too much for my liking but still a cool aftershot

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    #19

    How Rare White Curtain Auroras Are Made

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    #20

    Burning Lava

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    Kawika Singson Report

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

    The photographer's feet are on fire!

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

    Yet it is listed as a lie. Don't know who's the idiot making this article but it's a fail.

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

    The photog admitted he photoshopped himself being on fire for drama. So this is a double photoshop. Lava that hot would be so hot one couldn't approach it let alone tolerate it.

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

    No, he set himself on fire with accelerant.

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

    yes, but the flip photo is also a lie - he added the flames in post... he got hounded for it.

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

    In reality, if he was standing that close to a lava plow hot enough to light a tripod on fire, his skin would melt off. I've hiked out to this lava flow many times, and you can't stand within 5 feet of a flow without starting to feel intense burning on your skin.

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

    Again .no lie. It's feckin real lava.im SO impressed

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

    its a realistic photo by nat geo not fake he is literally on the lava taking the picture so not a lie

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

    Beautiful shot, but he's crazy!!!!! His feet are on Fire!!!!!!

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

    Calling this one a lie is messed up, he's literally standing on molten rock

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

    Why is this a lie? He really stands on a Vulcan

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

    why would you do that for a photo

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

    Once again, HOW is this a lie? It's just showing that he was, in fact, there, taking the photo

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

    Bored Panda you're really bored..seriously you better change the title of this post as there is NO LIE in this particular photo and therefore you dishonour all photographers around the world.Sitting behing your laptop and making s**t statements. I'll unlike thus page, is seriously c**p.

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

    It is a lie - the photographer added those flames around his feet and tripod. It's very misleading the way they've posted it.

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

    Quote: The photo is real, but the flames are not the result of spontaneous combustion. “The flames on the tripod and my shoes did not start because of the lava” Singson freely admits. “It’s like if you put your shoe in a hot frying pan, it will not catch fire right away”. Singson used an accelerant to start the flames then had his buddy snap the shot. The reason? “It’s just something I wanted for my Facebook cover photo”.

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

    pants on fire! AHH!! ok I believe you

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

    HE is almost as dedicated as Volcanologists...the highest turnover rate in science, but not from retirement

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

    This list starts to suck from this point.

    elijah77a
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH MY GOD, he is on fire, awesome and crazy :D

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

    this is not a trick lol...this is the real deal

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

    An actual legit pic that a photographer took risks to take... why is it on this list?

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

    so basically, to achieve this effect, stand in burning lava

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

    This is staged, the photographer has even admitted it. The flames have nothing to do with the fact he is taking a picture on hot terrain http://wafflesatnoon.com/burning-volcano-photographer/

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

    Staged is not a lie. He really was standing on lava with his shoes and tripod on fire. Lie, I Do Not Think It Means What You (people) Think It Means.

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

    Another one that isn't trickery...it's *cool*, but it isn't trickery!

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

    This is not a 'lie'. The saying is not "Liar Liar SHOES on Fire"; it's "Pants". This photograph only becomes a lie when the flames reach the photographer's pants. Stop making things up just to put them on your list.

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

    This real pic from behind is much more impressive then lava only

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

    How is this a lie?!? Is f***ing feet are on freaking fire...!!! he's maybe nuts but not a liar

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

    Photoshop do a little research and you will find he even admitted it

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

    You have to wear fireproof shoes and antiheat leggings when you want to photograph anywhere near a recent volcanic eruption. It can take weeks for the lava to cool sufficiently. This may or may not be a genuine pic, but it certainly happens. Check out photography done on the Piton de Fournaise volcano in Reunion Island

    reclameshit2015 2016
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol no truth to this picture. This was a photoshopped picture. The flipped one. Boredpanda you are now just making stuff up because it's convenient for your article. at least do your research before you impulsively claim stuff.

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

    You should take your own advice and do your research. It was staged, but it wasn't photoshopped.

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    #22

    Large Bust

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    #23

    "Milk" In Cereal Commercials Is Often Glue

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    #24

    Creating An Indoor Blizzard

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    Joey L. Report

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

    Honestly... I need a pic like this #holidayphoto

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    #25

    Bouncing Baby

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    Pat David Report

    #26

    Rock Climber

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

    not not a lie so much as a crazy photographer. gahhh shiver

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    #27

    That's How It Looks Like In Real Life

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    Murad Osmann Report

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

    That sunset with with vertical shadows cracks me up!!

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    #28

    The Illusion Of Different Spaces

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

    well i dont really count this as a lie but as a tool

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    #29

    Close-ups Of Snowflakes

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    Alexey Kljatov Report

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

    Why is this fake? This is a legitimate way to achieve a good macro picture of ice...

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    #30

    Dreamy Effect

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

    But...can't u get these effects in post processing?

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    #31

    Wedding Photography

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    #32

    Underwater Dog

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    #33

    Background Trick

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    #34

    Perfume On A Glassy Surface

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    Umbrella

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

    Reminds me of the unofficial video for AWOLNATION's "Sail."

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    #36

    Underwater Photoshoot

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    #37

    How Mountains Landscape Photos Are Made Of

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    Matthew Albanese Report

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

    I've seen real life pictures just like this... why go through all that work?

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    #38

    Levitation Shoot

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    Dani Diamond Report

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

    Lol so they just cut out the end of the dress where it's tied to hold up.. i don't like that they added a fake floating chair post production

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    #39

    Volcano Photography

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    Matthew Albanese Report

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

    he didn't want to burn his tripod or his feet like the other photographer!

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    #40

    Flour Photoshoot

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    #41

    Macro Photography

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    #42

    Food Styling Photography

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    #43

    Surrealistic Photoshoot In The Sea

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

    does anyone else notice they are holding jellyfish

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    #44

    Aurora Borealis

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

    This is a lie only if you can't travel to a Nordic country where you can actually witness a superb aurora borealis.

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    #45

    Sinking Photography

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    Baby Photography

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    #47

    Levitation Photography

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    #48

    Romantic Couple Photoshoot

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    Dee Motion Wedding Report

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

    I really don't understand why the title of this post is so negativistic. It's not a lie, it's actually ART.

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    #49

    Capturing The Hummingbirds With 3d Camera

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

    That's David Attenborough filming bats not hummingbirds

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    #50

    A Long-Exposure Picture While Zooming Out

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    th3clara Report

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

    That is the laziest "reveal" photo imaginable.

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    #51

    Dreaming Of Flying

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    #53

    The Seashore

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