Due to the scale it’s hard to make photographs with miniatures in 28mm standing “in the open”. This approach is pretty easy and imitates a hill or mountain range far away from the miniature.
For a cloudless sky I’ve placed a red paperboard in the back. Between the miniature and the paperboard I’ve placed a green cloth carefully shaped as a mountain or hill range. It’s important that there’s no wrinkles revealing that it’s only a cloth. Have a look at real mountain or hill ranges. Try to make the shapes as smooth as possible. Play with the shadows on the cloth.
The 15mm lens helps with the illusion as does the aperture of f/5.6, blurring the background only slightly.
You can check out my Truffles & Dermaphytes post where I’ve applied the same technique.
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