I've seen what appear as sharply focus water drops on such lenses with an in-focus background. Amazing!
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A close focusing wide angle lens? If he's shooting 35mm movie film a > > wide lens is something like an 8 to 12 mm. You get one heck of a lot > > of DOF with a lens like that. > Paul > On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Barry Rice wrote: > > > 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
