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I really hope you do get to see it. This is yet another ground breaker (BP1 was amazing). I nearly fell off my seat when they managed to show footage that mus

I really hope you do get to see it. This is yet another ground breaker (BP1 was amazing). I nearly fell off my seat when they managed to show footage that must have been from a camera mounted on the back of a Sperm whale deep diving. They also got one on an Orca. David Attenborough is a legend and provides the usual authoritative voice over which instils a true sense of awe and wonder. I wont go any further but it really is the new cutting edge of wildlife programming.

QAPereo 9y ago
That sounds incredible, and I’ll find a way to see it soon I’m sure, for all of the reasons you’ve said.
- gerdesj 9y ago
  I "only" watched it in HD. It's fairly low on "nature red in tooth and claw" which is quite welcome and very high on sheer wonder. Some of the colourscapes (that's the best word I can come up with) are simply amazing. You are often put within a few inches of fast moving fish, dolphins etc and can see muscles, scales, pincers, arms, fins all moving perfectly clearly. I have no idea how the heck they get cameras to work in amongst coral and hollows in rocks and follow swift action. If my TV license fee goes towards turning out this sort of thing sometimes then I'm a very happy bunny.
stevenwoo 9y ago
The part where they zoomed out from the whale at the bottom of the ocean had to be part special effects or was it?
petepete 9y ago
While interviewing some producers they showed how they got the camera on the whale's back. It involved a sucker (plunger style) and a crew member hanging off the side of a boat and sticking it on. After a day or two it falls off and floats to the surface where it's collected. Amazing stuff. I hope my TV is capable of showing it in all its glory. HDR is complicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video#Standards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video#Stand...
NamTaf 9y ago
The most criminal part of many nature documentaries is when they dub over Attenborough for the US audience with someone with a US accent. It's tantamount to sacrilege.
- zeristor 9y ago
  The word sacrilege is particularly apt in this context.

QAPereo 9y ago

That sounds incredible, and I’ll find a way to see it soon I’m sure, for all of the reasons you’ve said.

gerdesj 9y ago
I "only" watched it in HD. It's fairly low on "nature red in tooth and claw" which is quite welcome and very high on sheer wonder. Some of the colourscapes (that's the best word I can come up with) are simply amazing. You are often put within a few inches of fast moving fish, dolphins etc and can see muscles, scales, pincers, arms, fins all moving perfectly clearly. I have no idea how the heck they get cameras to work in amongst coral and hollows in rocks and follow swift action. If my TV license fee goes towards turning out this sort of thing sometimes then I'm a very happy bunny.

stevenwoo 9y ago

The part where they zoomed out from the whale at the bottom of the ocean had to be part special effects or was it?

petepete 9y ago

While interviewing some producers they showed how they got the camera on the whale's back. It involved a sucker (plunger style) and a crew member hanging off the side of a boat and sticking it on. After a day or two it falls off and floats to the surface where it's collected. Amazing stuff. I hope my TV is capable of showing it in all its glory. HDR is complicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video#Standards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video#Stand...

NamTaf 9y ago

The most criminal part of many nature documentaries is when they dub over Attenborough for the US audience with someone with a US accent. It's tantamount to sacrilege.

zeristor 9y ago
The word sacrilege is particularly apt in this context.