06.28
Well the little guy almost got away: While I was preparing the ultimate photographic-metamorphosis-containment system Lumpy was exploring the kitchen. After some anxious moments I found him crawling upside down on the rails of the window screen just a few feet away from the potted Rue plant he’d previously seemed so attached to. I got him into the cookie jar and setup lights, camera, background. 24 hours later he was starting to look different…
When it came time to actually pupate it all happened so fast it was frankly astounding. I’d been recording time-lapse photography the entire time but the truly dramatic part was all but lost for technical reasons I’m currently pondering and looking forward to correcting. I need more light! With a macro lens stopped down to f32 and an ISO of 2500 the shutter was 1 second long, and I do mean long. The sheer velocity of the pupation when it finally begins is too much for such a setup. My computer is currently spitting out a 24 frame per second Hi-Def time lapse movie which should be educational at the very least. I’ll share it if it amounts to anything but in the meantime these stills will suffice. I can’t wait for the next part and hope I’ll be around to catch it on film.
