Friday 13 May 2016

Friday at the Flicks - Amaryllis

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One of my Amaryllis plants had started to show its flower buds so I thought it would be just the thing for another time lapse trial. It was pure guesswork as to whether the flower would actually end up in frame:



I was surprised just how much the plant moved as it tried to track the Sun.

Photographs were taken every 45 minutes but the flower bloomed much faster than I expected. The photos were compiled to a video using the trial version of Sequence for the Mac. This did a good job of reducing the flicker and adjusting the white balance over the 185 photos. As the original video only ran for about 7 seconds at 25 fps I reduced its speed when I put it in iMovie to add the title and music track.

8 comments:

  1. This is almost perfect. Sequence seems to have solved the problem.
    I found this by going to my reading list and it shows there at 0s ago but not on the proper list yet.

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    1. Adrian: The delays are making blogging a chore these day, very disheartening.

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  2. That turned out really great! It is remarkable how much the flower stalk moves and dances. Amaryllis ballet.

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    1. Wilma: Thank you. It is a sort of slow motion ballet.

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  3. Great piece of video.
    This is just another example of how your posts frequently send me off to do a further search. I looked at that video and wondered why the flower looked familiar but not the name. I have some very similar flowers in my garden but know them as Hippeastrum. Apparently the scientists argued over the two names for some time. Personally I can't see the difference in the photos google shows. Is there an easy way to tell the difference?

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    1. Mick: Thank you. It's what I do best - confusing people. I tend to use both names as it seems unclear which they want these days. One is easier to remember the spelling!

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  4. Turned out well John. I love amaryllis - always get some at Christmas and grow them on a South-facing window sill.

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    1. Weaver: Thank you. I just have to remember to stop the flower from leaning on something or the colour soon transfers. I have had a couple for many years and they continue to flower no matter how often I forget about them.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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