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Hatching Butterfly... - paf6169 - 2020-05-21
So yesterday was the day the cocoon I had collected over 2 weeks ago was going to hatch. I knew this because I had collected 2 other cocoons and they hatched a week ago. I also knew that it will happen very fast. The moment the cocoon breaks until the butterfly is out hanging on it happens in maybe 30 or 40 seconds. So I knew my interval had to be 1 second (or less if i had the LRT Pro Timer). I set up my camera and observed it for an hour, but nothing happened.
My dilemma: I had to leave.
So I setup the internal intervalometer to shoot 9000 times at 1 second interval and the picture quality to JPG medium (10mb) to fit all the images on the SD card. When I came home in the afternoon, I was very happy that it had recorded the hatching, but not until the last 1000 pictures, i.e. I almost missed it. The battery was also a concern, because it only had 75% when I pressed the shutter and left the building. But, it still had 6% left when I came home.
Attached is a picture of my setup (my kitchen table).
This is the video: https://vimeo.com/420865951
RE: Hatching Butterfly... - c_joerg - 2020-05-22
Well done...
RE: Hatching Butterfly... - rodrigo - 2020-05-22
Nice set up, well done; nice and sharp. It makes you wonder what it is thinking as it just posed there, after the birth.
RE: Hatching Butterfly... - MartinA-P - 2020-05-24
I like it. Thanks for sharing.
RE: Hatching Butterfly... - abejarutas - 2020-05-25
Congratulations, the shot is very sharp and the light, (I suppose artificial, of course), very suitable.
My most sincere congratulations