I don't know either. A DOF tool is a shift lens, and is simply something that came to mind while reading your post. I'll be following the thread myself.
Jack --- Barry Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
