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Posts: 2
Threads: 1
Joined: Dec 2021
My grandson, who lives in a wooded area, and I planted some seeds for a spruce tree. He wants to watch it grow. The package says the seeds will germinate in about 6 weeks and then grow 1-2 feet each year. I set up my old Nikon S8200 camera on a tripod so I could take a photo each day around 1 pm. Then I did a little research on time lapse photography. If I did the math right, I'll need about 1800 photos for a 1 minute video. If that is to cover about 90 days, I'd need to take 20 photos each day. Yikes! That camera does not have any time lapse features.
I posted a question on the Talk Photography forum. One member recommended LRTimeLapse as the best time lapse software available. So I am here to see how it works.
I also got a couple of other suggestions:
1. It was suggested that the tree project is fairly advanced and I should first practice on something simpler, like cloud movement or traffic, that can be completed in a day or so.
2. We planted the tree seeds in a bucket. It's sitting by a window that gets full sun. But we will eventually have to plant it outside. One person suggested I get a trail camera. I had never heard of them, but I find that there are quite a few models available. Some are fairly reasonable ($50-$200). Most have some time lapse features, some have motion detectors, and some even have wifi support.
I would appreciate any comments or suggestions on what hardware to get and how to use it and how to integrate the photos with this software. It there a particular trail camera that works well with this software?
It seems that there is more than one version of this software. Which one should I get? My plan is to get the free version first to try it out. If that works for us, I'd upgrade to a paid version.
Thanks
I posted a question on the Talk Photography forum. One member recommended LRTimeLapse as the best time lapse software available. So I am here to see how it works.
I also got a couple of other suggestions:
1. It was suggested that the tree project is fairly advanced and I should first practice on something simpler, like cloud movement or traffic, that can be completed in a day or so.
2. We planted the tree seeds in a bucket. It's sitting by a window that gets full sun. But we will eventually have to plant it outside. One person suggested I get a trail camera. I had never heard of them, but I find that there are quite a few models available. Some are fairly reasonable ($50-$200). Most have some time lapse features, some have motion detectors, and some even have wifi support.
I would appreciate any comments or suggestions on what hardware to get and how to use it and how to integrate the photos with this software. It there a particular trail camera that works well with this software?
It seems that there is more than one version of this software. Which one should I get? My plan is to get the free version first to try it out. If that works for us, I'd upgrade to a paid version.
Thanks