Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Forest is Alive
This guy put together some of the time-lapse clips of rainforest plants and mushrooms that inspired me on the Planet Earth series. It seems that he sped up the footage even faster, probably so it would synchronize with what is apparently the Xena soundtrack. But it's definitely too fast in a couple places. Sure, it's no secret that if you sit there long enough you can watch the grass grow. What I like about the shots is that you can watch how plants grow. Did you know that leafy plants flap their way together toward the sun, pulling their way up in a race for the light? Or that fungi and mushrooms grow with a pulsating energy?
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The sound track to this film was great. It showed that it is a battle for survival in the jungle. Also when the mushrooms started to grow it was casting an evil light on them.
I Love this video. The patience that this guy had to have in order to film all this, I dont know if I could do that.Great footage of nature.
I really like the fish-net mushrooms. That's amazing and what for? Trapping spiders? What I'm most surprised about in this video is the consistency of the lighting. Maybe that's easy to do but none of the images get real dark or real light in places. He also slows it down sometimes and speeds it up with the music. It's amazing.
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