Hello Folks!
My name is Chris, and I am a timelapse photographer. Rather than going for the iconic tortured tree in front of a starfield my interests have turned towards plants and studio work.
I wanted to start this thread to document my progress, and hopefully get some tips on how to get the most from these plants. I already have a thread in "Introduce yourself" but i wanted to move this discussion to a better place.
I call this sort of work Biolapse, it really is remarkable how plants behave on different timescales than what we observe. They grow, react to threats, attack, and almost seem to breath. I imagine the world would be far different if we worked on the same timescale as plants do, and one of my goals is to bring those timescales together. My next goal is to present the plants in a natural looking surrounding.
I have been a fan of carniverous plants a long time, but living in colorado they can be tough to grow. My first and second attempts resulted in killing the plants. Im trying to break that habit with the third.
Attempt 1, used tap water in my humidifer which uses a 5 head pond mister to create the fog. I learned on these forums that even the fog needs to be made from distilled water.
here is the resulting video.
Attempt 2, I moved the flytrap to a nicer looking pot with a 50/50 sphagnum/pete mix. I think that the pete may have had some fertilizer, it killed the plant within a few days. Also, the humidity was low when i started. I think hat may have hurt too.
I did not even bother to stitch that video together, it was a flop in many ways, including the motion i introduced.
I am now on my third attempt. I have it in the same pot, with the same sphagnum that it has been living in for the last 3 weeks. I simply setup the set, and surrounded the pot with some more sphagnum. Also, i got the humidity to 70% and the room is 72 degrees. The main grow light will run on cycles, but the studio lighting remains on the entire time.
I am currently running 12 minute intervals between images, and using one of my Chronos Lite rails to introduce linear movement. it will move approx 3 inches in about 400 frames. This should be about 80 hours worth of shooting. If the plant makes it through i will put it back in its terrarium in my office.
I am also trying to hoard some old aquariums from co workers so i can pick up a variety of plants, bring them to colorado, get them growing and healthy, then transplant them to the set.
My name is Chris, and I am a timelapse photographer. Rather than going for the iconic tortured tree in front of a starfield my interests have turned towards plants and studio work.
I wanted to start this thread to document my progress, and hopefully get some tips on how to get the most from these plants. I already have a thread in "Introduce yourself" but i wanted to move this discussion to a better place.
I call this sort of work Biolapse, it really is remarkable how plants behave on different timescales than what we observe. They grow, react to threats, attack, and almost seem to breath. I imagine the world would be far different if we worked on the same timescale as plants do, and one of my goals is to bring those timescales together. My next goal is to present the plants in a natural looking surrounding.
I have been a fan of carniverous plants a long time, but living in colorado they can be tough to grow. My first and second attempts resulted in killing the plants. Im trying to break that habit with the third.
Attempt 1, used tap water in my humidifer which uses a 5 head pond mister to create the fog. I learned on these forums that even the fog needs to be made from distilled water.
here is the resulting video.
Attempt 2, I moved the flytrap to a nicer looking pot with a 50/50 sphagnum/pete mix. I think that the pete may have had some fertilizer, it killed the plant within a few days. Also, the humidity was low when i started. I think hat may have hurt too.
I did not even bother to stitch that video together, it was a flop in many ways, including the motion i introduced.
I am now on my third attempt. I have it in the same pot, with the same sphagnum that it has been living in for the last 3 weeks. I simply setup the set, and surrounded the pot with some more sphagnum. Also, i got the humidity to 70% and the room is 72 degrees. The main grow light will run on cycles, but the studio lighting remains on the entire time.
I am currently running 12 minute intervals between images, and using one of my Chronos Lite rails to introduce linear movement. it will move approx 3 inches in about 400 frames. This should be about 80 hours worth of shooting. If the plant makes it through i will put it back in its terrarium in my office.
I am also trying to hoard some old aquariums from co workers so i can pick up a variety of plants, bring them to colorado, get them growing and healthy, then transplant them to the set.
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