time lapse wildlife collage

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Here's a few wild scavangers the tripod-mounted camera saw Thursday, over 9 hours, as it took a photo of the same forest site every 3 minutes:

Each visitor is in it's original location -- but they weren't all there at once.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

Jan K. France · Feb 8, 2003

Now that is cool as can be. Is that a bobcat?

What type of camera and setup do you use for this?

--
Jan K. France
[email protected]
http://www.imagesofcolorado.com

Daniel Haskins · Feb 8, 2003

forester said:
Here's a few wild scavangers the tripod-mounted camera saw
Thursday, over 9 hours, as it took a photo of the same forest site
every 3 minutes:

Each visitor is in it's original location -- but they weren't all
there at once.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

Fantastic, Tell us more how you did this.

Martín Crespo · Feb 8, 2003

Hello forester

A strong concept and superb and methodic work to achieve the best processing results,
Thanks
--
Martín Miguel Crespo
http://www.ISO1600.com
http://www.LatinPhotography.com

Triggerhappy99679 · Feb 8, 2003

I rarely enjoy looking at much "wildlife" photography but that was uber cool

..any more shots you wish to share?....
have fun
Dylan

http://www.punkass.ca/

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Yes, Jan, you nailed it -- it's a bobcat.

Around here they're rare -- in our 10 years here I've not seen one before. So it was an exciting treat to suddenly find it in the photos -- and it took some internet research to even be sure of the identification.
Forester

Jan K. France said:
Now that is cool as can be. Is that a bobcat?

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Hi Daniel - thanks for your interest.
OK, here's how the project went.
I'd seen birds circling the area, and discovered the recently-deceased elk.

Then I put a tripod and E-10 out, tied to a tree, set to take photos of the elk every 3 minutes.

You want to use camera settings (e.g. dim the LCD, etc.) to maximize battery life to last all day -- it was 19 degrees F that morning.

And I used the Program mode (rather than Aperature or Speed), so the camera could better compensate for widely changing light levels.
It ran all day, then I retrieved the camera and downloaded the pix.

In Photoshop, I picked one photo as the background; then used cut/paste to layer in birds or bobcats from other shots.
Each animal was pasted in exactly where it originally stood.

Note, there was a lot of luck involved in this -- I got wonderful cooperation from all that wildlife, out in the forest.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

Daniel Haskins said:
Fantastic, Tell us more how you did this.

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Hi Dylan -
Thanks for your kind comments.
Much of my photography is of wildlife, since we live here in the boonies.
Some of the better shots are on my web page:
http://www.nilewoods.com
Forester

MrPunkasS said:
I rarely enjoy looking at much "wildlife" photography but that was
uber cool ..any more shots you wish to share?....
have fun
Dylan

http://www.punkass.ca/

Jamooche · Feb 8, 2003

Simply amazing. That's all I can say. Amazing.

-Jamil
--
http://www.jamilabbasy.com

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Jamil, thanks, but of course primary credit goes to the models here. Without them, you'd just have a nicely exposed picture of trees!
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

Jamil Abbasy said:
Simply amazing. That's all I can say. Amazing.

-Jamil
--
http://www.jamilabbasy.com

chuso · Feb 8, 2003

Hello Forester,
Great concept and execution. I love it.
Chuso

forester said:
Here's a few wild scavangers the tripod-mounted camera saw
Thursday, over 9 hours, as it took a photo of the same forest site
every 3 minutes:

Each visitor is in it's original location -- but they weren't all
there at once.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

forester · Feb 8, 2003

Thanks Chuso.

But regarding your comment, let me note that the elk died of natural causes. They winter over here -- and some stop by daily when we're feeding the horses. I owe this one a debt of gratitude for her contribution to this project.
Here's a bull who posed for me repeatedly this winter:

Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

chuso said:
Hello Forester,
Great concept and execution. I love it.
Chuso

morris · Feb 9, 2003

Wonderful!!!! Great idea and fabulous results Forester!

Morris

forester said:
Here's a few wild scavangers the tripod-mounted camera saw
Thursday, over 9 hours, as it took a photo of the same forest site
every 3 minutes:

Each visitor is in it's original location -- but they weren't all
there at once.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

DJC · Feb 9, 2003

Wow, absolutely a brilliant image! I think you’ve just coined a new phrase---
“a digital picture can be worth over 9 hours of video footage”

chuso · Feb 9, 2003

Lol, Forrester. When I said "great execution", I meant your photographic skill in getting this shot done

Didn't think about the other meaning of the word "execution"

But, thanks for the clarification.
Regards,
Chuso

forester said:
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

chuso said:

Hello Forester,
Great concept and execution. I love it.
Chuso

Click to expand...

Greg VdB · Feb 10, 2003

It definitely is an experiment that worked very well, and the collage is very well put together, but to me it's very unnatural to see all those animals together. I think I would like it even more when you posted the original images with all these animals on their own.
--
Greg Van den Bleeken
http://www.pbase.com/gbleek

forester · Feb 10, 2003

Hi Greg -
Thanks for your comments.

Yes, I agree, the collage is a startlingly unnatural grouping of animals, one that you would never see in the wild. Sometimes I can get live elk and turkeys in the same shot, but the eagles are relatively reclusive, and the bobcat even more so.

Regarding photos of "these animals on their own", I don't know if you noticed, but there are a few source photos of individual animals at:
http://www.nilewoods.com
Then click on the "Scavangers" thumbnail.
Forester

Greg VdB said:
It definitely is an experiment that worked very well, and the
collage is very well put together, but to me it's very unnatural to
see all those animals together. I think I would like it even more
when you posted the original images with all these animals on their
own.
--
Greg Van den Bleeken
http://www.pbase.com/gbleek

Adam102389 · Feb 10, 2003

nice picture, its crazy looken
--
Adam
http://www.decodeddreams.com

Nikon_Boy · Feb 11, 2003

Great stuff Forester.

That is a great collage!

forester said:
Here's a few wild scavangers the tripod-mounted camera saw
Thursday, over 9 hours, as it took a photo of the same forest site
every 3 minutes:

Each visitor is in it's original location -- but they weren't all
there at once.
Forester
http://www.nilewoods.com

Greg VdB · Feb 11, 2003

I'm sorry I didn't take the time to visit your galleries. And in my opinion, you should post the bold eagle in a new thread, I'm sure it will get at least as much good comments as this one. By the way, the "bobcat", could that be the same as a "lynx"?

with kind regards,
--
Greg Van den Bleeken
http://www.pbase.com/gbleek

time lapse wildlife collage

Senior Member

Forum Enthusiast

New member

Veteran Member

Leading Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Leading Member

Senior Member

morris

Guest

Senior Member

Leading Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Leading Member

Well-known member

Senior Member

Keyboard shortcuts