Timelapse Project

Starting yesterday, I will be recording my snake eating every week until he is a mature adult, at which point I will probably make a video combing segments from every previous video.

I use a crappy webcam and a program called Yawcam which takes pictures at an interval of my choice(in this vid every 2 seconds).

This first video is over 350 pictures played at 1 frame per 0.350 seconds. Still a work in progress to find out what looks best so please be kind!:P

YouTube - Ball Python Eating Rat Time Lapse #1 9/18/09

Pretty cool but timelapse works a lot better when you have a camera designed to have very short exposure time, thus reducing the blurring effect. But then again getting a 10,000 image/second camera is not cheap, lol.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

Pretty cool but timelapse works a lot better when you have a camera designed to have very short exposure time, thus reducing the blurring effect. But then again getting a 10,000 image/second camera is not cheap, lol.

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If you guys want a laugh go look at the comments on my video lol

I is gunna get eaten by da snake, omg!

Anyway, if you increased the amount of light on the snake and used a more solid background (no grooves) then you could probably reduce exposure time, thus reducing blur. It'd be best if you could get a soft box or reflector going, that way you could get a more even lighting on the snake, and not have to worry about glare.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

I is gunna get eaten by da snake, omg!

Anyway, if you increased the amount of light on the snake and used a more solid background (no grooves) then you could probably reduce exposure time, thus reducing blur. It'd be best if you could get a soft box or reflector going, that way you could get a more even lighting on the snake, and not have to worry about glare.

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Keeping in mind I am using a cheap webcam, how much better[worse] could it get, lol?

With increased lighting? Probably a lot, it took some really nice shots and provided that it, like all other cameras, is designed to match exposure time with the light the sensor is receiving then you will reduce exposure time and increase overall detail. All you really need is a lamp that is bouncing off of something reflective or passing through something that will diffuse the light. And as a herp owner I bet you have a clip lamp somewhere, lol.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

With increased lighting? Probably a lot, it took some really nice shots and provided that it, like all other cameras, is designed to match exposure time with the light the sensor is receiving then you will reduce exposure time and increase overall detail. All you really need is a lamp that is bouncing off of something reflective or passing through something that will diffuse the light. And as a herp owner I bet you have a clip lamp somewhere, lol.

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So I could use the heat lamp with a white bulb in it, and......some white cloth(fire hazarddd!!!! lol) over the light pointed at my snake who will be on a smooth background.

I know cameras like white, so should the background be white?

A white background would help, and so would a shallower container (less shadows)

If you want to use a white sheet keep it a decent distance from the lap (bulbs will hit about 300-400 degrees) and make sure it isn't entirely opaque. A couple feet on one of the wider lamps should be sufficient, on the lamps that are narrower and focus more light you may want to have around a 4 foot difference.

Alternatively if the room you're in has nice glossy white walls then you can probably bounce the light off those. I get a lot of white light in my room just using those energy efficient bulbs that are like 25 watts and make enough light to equal a 100w bulb in brightness.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

A white background would help, and so would a shallower container (less shadows)

If you want to use a white sheet keep it a decent distance from the lap (bulbs will hit about 300-400 degrees) and make sure it isn't entirely opaque. A couple feet on one of the wider lamps should be sufficient, on the lamps that are narrower and focus more light you may want to have around a 4 foot difference.

Alternatively if the room you're in has nice glossy white walls then you can probably bounce the light off those. I get a lot of white light in my room just using those energy efficient bulbs that are like 25 watts and make enough light to equal a 100w bulb in brightness.

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I covered a 20g with white paper and tested it out, webcam looks better, but my digital cam looks great. I might just record video with my digital and speed it up instead of timelapse.

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Originally Posted by unrezt

If you guys want a laugh go look at the comments on my video lol

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LOL!!! that was a silly conversation :rofl: