Short Timeplapse. Dandelion losing its seeds.

In this timelapse in order to simulate wind removing the Dandelion seeds from the plant, I used a hairdryer. I had to increase the shutter speed of my camera to catch the seeds leaving the plants stem.

Timelapse: Videos Clouds and Moonrise.

Above is a timelapse I made of the sky with my Cannon 400DSLR.

Using the sky as your first timelapse is great. I took each photo 15 seconds apart for 20 minutes.I just placed my camera skywards, attached the camera to the computer via a mini USB and used Cannons remote picture taking software to programme the picture taking speed and quality. Timelapse is great fun, you've just got be on constantly viligant if you have pets or members of the family who inadvertently move your camera when the timelapse is in progress.

Above is a Moon Timelapse, this is more tricky than the first. It was a good clear night, only trouble was I don't think the neigbours appreciated the flash from the camera going of several hundred times, the moths liked it though(Ah Ah). The moon came out surprisingly bright in the video, I probably had the camera set up a little wrong. Anyway it was the Cannon 400DSLR that I used. The clouds that pasted by the moons brightness worked well. I put the camera on night setting and took a picture once every minute for several hours.

How I made my Timelapse Watercress Project.
I made the watercress time-lapse over 5 days, the great advantage of watercress as a time-lapse subject is that it requires minimal light to grow and grows fast. I used a fish tank as a see-through container, into which I placed compost. I then placed watercress seeds just under the surface of the soil and positioned them near one of the glass faces of the tank and positioned the fishtank by my window.

To take the photos for my time-lapse I used a Cannon 400DSLR, which I mounted on a tripod and connected to my computer via a mini USB cable. I used remote timing software on the computer to instruct the camera to take pictures every half hour over the five days. You do need at least two hundred images to complete a time-lapse, so make sure you have a decent memory storage capacity in your Camera’s CF card.

On reflection my camera's battery required replacing every day, this resulted in the camera's position being moved a little, which didn't help. So my advice is if you are thinking of doing a time-lapse project get a camera which can have its battery recharged through a mains attachment while still being mounted on a tripod or improvised device, thereby ensuring the camera does not move during filming.I then uploaded my photos on the computer and rendered them in a software program and placed them on Youtube.