Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence.
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10 Facts About Time-lapse photography
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Time-lapse photography is the extreme version of the cinematography technique of undercranking.
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Inception of time-lapse photography occurred in 1872 when Leland Stanford hired Eadweard Muybridge to prove whether or not race horses hooves ever are simultaneously in the air when running.
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Time-lapse photography was further pioneered in the 1920s via a series of feature films called Bergfilme by Arnold Fanck, including Das Wolkenphanomen in Maloja (1924) and The Holy Mountain (1926).
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Time-lapse photography's work was featured on a late 1950s episode of the request TV show, You Asked For It.
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Frame rate of time-lapse movie photography can be varied to virtually any degree, from a rate approaching a normal frame rate to only one frame a day, a week, or longer, depending on subject.
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Time-lapse photography can be achieved with some normal movie cameras by simply shooting individual frames manually.
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Some intervalometers can be connected to motion control systems that move the camera on any number of axes as the time-lapse photography is achieved, creating tilts, pans, tracks, and trucking shots when the movie is played at normal frame rate.
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Time-lapse photography can be combined with techniques such as high-dynamic-range imaging.
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Today, digital Time-lapse photography provides many ways to handle day-to-night transitions, such as automatic exposure and ISO, bulb ramping and several software solutions to operate the camera from a computer or smartphone.
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