time-lapse photography

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meaningsoftime-lapseandphotography

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time-lapse
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈtaɪm.læps/us
/ˈtaɪm.læps/
used to refer to a method of filming very slow actions by taking a series of single pictures over a period of time and then putting them together to show the action happening ...
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photography
noun[U]
uk
/fəˈtɒɡ.rə.fi/us
/fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fi/
the activity or job of taking photographs ...
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Free-swimming cercariae were recorded bytime-lapsephotographyand, after conventional fixation, by scanning electron microscopy.
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For instance,time-lapsephotographyis created by exposing an image at an extremely slow rate.
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Time-lapsephotographycan be considered the opposite of high speed photography or slow motion.
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Some of those were filmed intime-lapsephotographyand created much media attention.
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High-speed photography can be considered to be the opposite oftime-lapsephotography.
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Time-lapsephotographyof shadows of clouds are seen moving across the skyscrapers.
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The sequence usestime-lapsephotographyof the activity of modern life.
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He has also provided access to his drawing throughtime-lapsephotographyin two of the films made about him and in magazines.
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Meanwhile,time-lapsephotographydepicts moving herds of caribou as a calf is brought down by a chasing wolf.
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The previous countdown style was retained, with images of everyday life alongsidetime-lapsephotographybeing used.
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Robotic heads can also be used withtime-lapsephotography.
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More advanced functionality, possible even with simpler devices, includes recording moving images,time-lapsephotography, measurement, image enhancement, annotation, etc.
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The film made use oftime-lapsephotography(where plants are seen growing in a few seconds, creepers reach out to other plants and tug on them, mushrooms and flowers open).
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Intime-lapsephotography, the camera records images at a specific slow interval such as one frame every thirty seconds (1/30 frame/s).
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