> Hope that helps. Francis and Fellow Listreaders:
This was a clear and excellent explination and (of course!) nothing like I might have guessed. Thank you very much. And Bob: > Paul Webster , the Fab Food Smudger , will be able to enlighten us > more on this subject as he has plenty of experience with scanning > backs on still life ( I do of course reserve the right here to > endlessly harass him here on the subject of foodies and drop / shallow > focus.I mean.....why would any contemporary food photographer need a > large depth of field :-) !! I am not Paul, but I am most certainly a "Food Smudger!" Do you remember the "Spinal Tap" movie where a rock musician charecter shows a specially made bass with a dial that goes up to 11 instead of 10? We food shooters think the same way - we're always searching for ways to get narrower depth of field! Scanning back with candlelight...why not? Picture buyers love it and and in stock submissions, it becomes a form of competition. Just like "who's got the biggest files?" I often use my scanning back with windowlight. Brian Yarvin Food Photography, Writing, and Recipes http://www.brianyarvin.com http://www.farmsandfoods.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
