"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote:

> > Or else 'cheat' the scene, to get what I want!  ;-P
>
> This is very common in illustrations and movies: they get a telephoto image
> of the moon or a telescope image of a planet and stick it in the background
> of a non-telephoto scene, creating artificial flattening.

Yes! In fact, this is probably where my wacky idea came from--old sci-fi
illustrations--and thinking that that was how the real world worked!! It's been
embedded in my mind for a *long* time.

Hmm, it makes me wonder about my 'big crane' example; I need to go and look at
it again...armed with my 'new knowledge'.  ;-)

Ken

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