Stylidium debile animation

[kitkor]

This is a quick trial at using my cheapie digital camera's timelapse function. There are still a few hiccups to iron out and I really wish I could set the dang thing to white balance properly (you'll notice the color variations), but it's a start nonetheless. The motion begins after the Stylidium debile trigger had been set off, the point being to track its movement as it reset. In search of a quiet, undisturbed spot away from the herbivorous feline that allows me to live here, I set up the lights and camera in the chilly basement, a bit colder than the warm windowsill I snatched this plant from before subjecting it to the camera. You can see temperature's role playing out here, as the trigger begins to reset but then jumps forward again, now unresponsive to touch. Next time around I'll find a better place to capture the images.

Images were taken once a minute with 41 frames total. The animated gif is not under copyright and is instead released here under this creative commons license. Feel free to use it, but attribution is appreciated!

[ICPS-bob]

Excellent!!!

[kitkor]

Here's another stab at it. This time I kept the plant at regular room temperatures and fixed the color balancing, mostly. Again, one-minute intervals between frames in 7 frames total. This one reset very quickly! And again, it's released under the creative commons license mentioned above.



Next time I'll aim for better depth of field and composition. Unfortunately the cheapie digital camera I use bottoms out at 1 minute intervals for the timelapse function. It also autofocuses and usually does a pretty good job of it.

[elgecko]

Very nice.

I was just thinking of trying something like that since my Stylidium debile is about to open some flowers.

[shartmeyer]

Congratulation, this is a really well done and impressive document.