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  Re: First WIP with roman glasses  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 29 Oct 2012 15:45:00
Message: <web.508edc831e07ec6785de7b680@news.povray.org>
"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> "Depth of field," or focal blur in POV-Ray terms, makes the most sense in this
> context.  A larger aperture makes the scene appear smaller; houses and cars can
> be made to look like toy miniatures with a large enough aperture.  With no focal
> blur at all, the aperture is infinitely small.

P.S. The human eye has a maximum aperture of 7 mm in dim lighting, reducing to
about 5 mm as you get older.  It is smaller in bright lighting.  You can use
this factoid to give the impression of scale in your scenes.


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