bulb time lapse photography
David Ehrlich (Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:44:08 PST)

Back when I was in my 20's, I did a time-lapse study of a cactus seedling
breaking ground.  The seedling was way too small to get the camera close, so I
placed a prism adjacent to the erupting seedling and shot vertically downward at
the prism.  I set the camera on a ring stand and took one or two shots a
day.  Barrel cactus seedlings are very amusing -- nearly spherical with markings
that make it look like a face, the two cotyledons on top are like tiny cat's
ears, one of which wears the seed coat, like a beret.  That was many years ago,
and the film is lost, alas.

David E.