Hey Folks, A general photography question.... I'm a big fan of David Attenborough documentaries. Starting with his series, The Private Life of Plants, occasionally his film team uses a spectacular technique which I simply do not understand how they achieve. It is like an extreme hyperfocal depth of field. In the image foreground is some high-magnification object, such as a plant's flower, and in the background you can see the field the plant is in, ALL IN SHARP FOCUS. I was watching an episode of his "Life in the Undergrowth" series last night and one shot showed some ants---ANTS---scurrying in the foreground, tapping antennae, and in the background you could see Attenborough sitting on a log, all in focus. The ants were so big because of perspective effects, they looked like collies! I'm fairly confident that this is not a bit of greenscreen magic. But I'm trying to figure out the method. It probably would cost gadzillions, but wow....if I could achieve that kind of perspective......
I vaguely recall that in the promotional information that came out about when The Private Life of Plants was first shown, there was a lot of broughhaha about this new technique? Barry Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species Specialist Global Invasive Species Initiative The Nature Conservancy V: 530-754-8891 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
