"Lenses"

Hi guys

I'm new here (my first post in fact).

I am new to the whole DSLR world, but I started photography with a bog standard digital camera but would like to now step up a notch.

I have my Camera and appropriate lenses for the types of shots I generally like to take. However I read a while back about a photographer who managed to utilise some kind of lens.
Using this lens he took a picture of a construction site where the people looked about the same size as the cranes!

Forgive my lack of terminology and description, but does anyone know or have a vague idea of what I am talking about.

I thank you for your help.

Axel

Steve got it right on!
It's all composition really. No lens will do that for you.
If you check out Lord of the Ring type stuff where there's a little elf type guy talking to a giant, the elf is actually standing a far distance away from the giant, but just facing each other. That's how the effect giant and miniature was created. Well that and a ton of editing.

Try this. Using some sort of a neutral background to take away depth perception, stand a glass on a table or on the ground. now put a smaller glass about 3 feet in front of it. Take a picture of the glasses pretending that they are people facing each other and shooting their profile.
Use a narrow aperture (large f-stop) and shoot the picture. They will appear to be the same size.

Ah I hope that helped!