Amazing Depth of field..... How did he do it?

[Geoff]

Fantastic Photograph in Thursday's Guardian. Centre pages double spread. My question is. How did he get such a wide depth of field from a nearby bird to the cliffs and lighthouse in the far distance looking crystal clear?

May 21 2008, Bass Rock, Scotland: Gannets join gulls in the Firth of Forth swooping past Bass Rock, site of the world's biggest single-island gannet colony. The Scottish Seabird Centre runs boat trips around the isle

Photograph: David Cheskin/PA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/nov/28/eyewitness?picture=334326108

 

[EdinburghGary]

Dunno - massive F number with a fast shutter speed? F16+ maybe?

 

[Monkey]

i can only think that the birds in the foreground arnt "near" at all, and it was done zoomed in a long way

 

[hotchef23]

could be hyperfocal distancing

 

[CT]

Those Gannets are big birds, so I suspect that closest bird is further away than you might think. It also looks like a fairly wide angle lens, and they have huge inherent DOF anyway.

 

[DiddyDave]

Those Gannets are big birds, so I suspect that closest bird is further away than you might think. It also looks like a fairly wide angle lens, and they have huge inherent DOF anyway.

Beat me to it CT!

I have some similar 'massive' DoF from the Farne Islands of Terns, etc. all shot on my 12-24mm at f11 - DoF is from about a foot away to the horizon

DD

 

[Geoff]

could be hyperfocal distancing

That's a new one on me????

 

[specialman]

Geoff, wideangle lenses generally give you a much great DOF than a zoom so the image looks sharper.

 

[rasmusrok1]

i don't have a clue but the suggestions seem good, i love he image it's great

 

[DiddyDave]

Geoff, wideangle lenses generally give you a much great DOF than a zoom so the image looks sharper.

Not sure you said what you meant here - most wideangle lenses these days are zooms

Want to try again?



DD

 

[sportysnaps]

on a boat full of fish with a wide angle lens at f16...

 

[specialman]

Not sure you said what you meant here - most wideangle lenses these days are zooms

Want to try again?



DD

Meant telephoto... the Grolsch is getting in the way of normal service!!

 

[Wayned]

Reminds me of something Hitchcock did.

 

[photon]

Looks like a montage to me.

 

[Steep]

Geoff here's an explanation of hyperfocal focusing.

http://www.dofmaster.com/hyperfocal.html

 

[Bikemansteve]

Geoff here's an explanation of hyperfocal focusing.

http://www.dofmaster.com/hyperfocal.html

That's a damn good read - explained a few things I wasn't sure about...

 

[Geoff]

Geoff here's an explanation of hyperfocal focusing.

http://www.dofmaster.com/hyperfocal.html

Thanks Steep, really informative!

 

[Richard Peters]

Wide angle, much more DOF using one of those so its actually quite simple. Go to your local pond with a bag of bread and try it out for yourself

 

[Little Man]

A bit of photoshop action to help it on it's way maybe?

 

[MichaelPlace]

looks very over sharpened in PS.

But as said, high F number and wide angle

 

[kevin_c]

A 10mm ultra-wide angle (or 16mm on a FF) set to around f/11 will give this, along with a bit of sharpening.

 

[Rob E]

I agree. ir looks like its been sharpened quite a bit but that could be down to resizing it. Great DOF though

 

[mrgubby]

17mm / f16 foucused at 10m

Near limit of acceptable sharpness= 60cm
far limit of acceptable sharpness = infinity
Total Depth of Field = Infinite


and Bass rock isn't quite that far away

 

[Monkey]

the wider you go the easier it is to get the DOF

 

[horizon]

i wonder if David Cheskin from the Guardian is gonna log onto TP and put us out of our misery... my guess would be a 16-35mm lens wide open at f16...