step 1: Choose Your Plant
Knowing your plant’s behaviour can help you gauge how big or fast the movements will be. This allows you to plan for the best interval timing for achieving a smooth video output, while ensuring that your subject stays within the frame. It also allows you to pick out the angle that best features your subject. waterlilies usually bloom from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, and its blooming time is about 2-4 hours.step 2：Camera Equipment
- We need to mount camera in a way that ensures it won’t move. We use a sturdy tripod.
- We need AC Power Supply: Not moving the camera means you can’t change the battery. You will need to get yourself a dedicated power supply for your camera.
- You can’t be touching the camera at all during a time-lapse recording. Even triggering the shutter for the first time can cause unwanted shake or motion blur. The simplest way to overcome this is to use a remote shutter release – a small IR or Bluetooth device with a button like a remote control. If your camera is relatively new, Most digital DSLR and mirrorless cameras feature a built-in intervalometer. This allows you to take a certain number of images at a specific frame interval.
step 3:Camera Setting
- We need Calculate Time Lapse Intervals:if the flower blooming time is 3-4 hours, an interval of between 10 and 20 seconds is best.
- Start shooting
step 4：Edit your Time-Lapse Photography
You need to find some software that has the ability to make time-lapses from photos.
EZTimelapse is a mac Application for converting images into time-lapsed video and removing time-lapse flicker. User-friendly interface makes processing simple for amateurs and professionals. Supports workflow that imports JPEG images and output MP4 video/JPEG images.
EZTimelapse can also automatically de-flicker the time-lapse sequence.
OK! you’re done!