Planet Earth- Shallow Seas on now!

[mcliffy2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9687432#post9687432 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aiko670
I elect Beef for Dinner!

That was actually another thing I found weird, they went into such detail about how long it took to capture the bird of paradise on film, or that it was the first time a snow leopard had been filmed hunting. I had never seen any of the stuff on the reef before, yet they were strangely silent about how they could film it, makes ya wonder....

 

[PSam]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9686822#post9686822 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcliffy2
No way to tell for sure I guess...my initial impression was that it was all filmed, but then I started looking really close during the sea snake scene and there were some shots where I just couldnt figure out how a camera filmed them, and then I looked a little closer and it really did seem animated. dunno, could be just me tho.

That was the first time they'd ever been captured on film (the snakes). There isn't animation, just fantastic filming with great technology / filming techniques. Amazing world we live in. If some of these species have recently been discovered, what else is out there?

From producer Mark Brownlow:

"We went to newly discovered [coral reefs in Indonesia]. There's more species of fish and corals on one reef than the whole of the Caribbean. And it's there that we found these unique, bizarre worlds within worlds of pygmy seahorses -- smaller than your thumbnail -- head butting each other; bizarre, flashing clams which look electric; [and] one scene I'm most proud of, which is never-before-seen gangs of sea snakes, 30 plus, on the raid. They actually team up and cooperate with bigger fish to get at tiny reef fish that hide in the coral heads."

http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=5352&section=1041&action=display&show=

"Peter Scoones used a special underwater housing for a high-definition camera to film the strangest creatures and show how well-adapted they were."

"We managed to capture new behaviour using a new piece of time-lapse technology, a digital reflex underwater stills camera with inbuilt timer mounted on a tripod. When you set it to take a still every 10 seconds and put the results together, what appeared to be lifeless comes alive. We used it to film starfish and sea urchins, and to show coral polyps emerging at night."

 

[Freed]

They also confirmed what I have always been trying to tell people that the electric scallops aren't electric at all but that they are flashing the very edge of their mantle in and out which is brightly colored and it makes it look like there is electricity running through it.

 

[mcliffy2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9688114#post9688114 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PSam
That was the first time they'd ever been captured on film (the snakes). There isn't animation, just fantastic filming with great technology / filming techniques. Amazing world we live in. If some of these species have recently been discovered, what else is out there?

From producer Mark Brownlow:

"We went to newly discovered [coral reefs in Indonesia]. There's more species of fish and corals on one reef than the whole of the Caribbean. And it's there that we found these unique, bizarre worlds within worlds of pygmy seahorses -- smaller than your thumbnail -- head butting each other; bizarre, flashing clams which look electric; [and] one scene I'm most proud of, which is never-before-seen gangs of sea snakes, 30 plus, on the raid. They actually team up and cooperate with bigger fish to get at tiny reef fish that hide in the coral heads."

http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=5352&section=1041&action=display&show=

"Peter Scoones used a special underwater housing for a high-definition camera to film the strangest creatures and show how well-adapted they were."

"We managed to capture new behaviour using a new piece of time-lapse technology, a digital reflex underwater stills camera with inbuilt timer mounted on a tripod. When you set it to take a still every 10 seconds and put the results together, what appeared to be lifeless comes alive. We used it to film starfish and sea urchins, and to show coral polyps emerging at night."

Cool, well I'll have to watch it again then, I'll probably appreciate it more. I have no idea how they captured that jawfish!

 

[MrMexReefer]

That jawfish was beautiful!!! It just levitated in the air... then jumped back into its hole! haha Its cool to see tank-available fish in the wild.

 

[pk1]

The series has been very good. If you want to see a great reef show look for Equator-Reefs of Riches on Discovery HD..the most in depth show on reefs that I have watched yet, and I've watched a lot! I have it saved on my DVR-I use that show when I'm trying to convince someone to get a HD TV

PK

 

[PSam]

Reef of Riches is outstanding. I've got it saved on DVR too - with strict instructions that it doesn't get deleted or overwritten by Grey Anatomy or some reality show .

 

[MrMexReefer]

hahaha the GF loves Greys, i think its the worst medical show ever. Hooray for reefs! lol