Lapse

Time Lapse - We've all seen films of flowers opening at incredible speed, or the sun and clouds racing across the sky. This super fast motion technique is called time-lapse photography, whereby a stationary camera takes several successive shots at time intervals of a few seconds, minutes or even hours. The images are then played back rapidly, giving the impression of continuous motion. Some digital camera shave a time-lapse mode, while other require you to fire the shutter manually. Definitely a photographic technique for the patient.