Few time lapse photo's I put together ... (Dialup beware!)

[DamonH]

I found some pictures I took on 3/16/1993, just 3 years after my Granddad died. The land hadn't really been kept up for about 5 years at that point. I decided to try and go take the same exact pictures on 3/16/2009 and merged them together, just to see the difference. Maybe in another 15 years I can take another set.

Little background (for those interested):

My Grandparents had a 200 acre farm in East Texas. My Granddad was diagnosed with Colan Cancer in 1987, so they sold off all the animals and most of the equipment and leased the land. He passed away in 1990. From that point on, my Grandmother lived on the farm, but just left it leased for cattle. Fast forward to 2006, she passed away. My Dad inherited the land at that point, but it's remained mostly untouched and overgrown. This year my parents decided to officially move to the farm, and hopefully restore it to what it once was. The land has been in our family since 1879.


Few old silo's & milk barn:

The old highway (now paved) that splits the property:

The workshop. That's an old Farmall 504 sitting there - the only tractor they kept. The shed portion got damaged during a storm, so we removed it several years ago:

I couldn't get these to line up exactly, but the RV shed is spot on. Notice the cell tower that went up.

I thought they were interesting at least.

 

[srossman]

that's really neat. It's amazing how fast things grow up when left alone. Kind of reminds me of the series on the history channel about life after humans. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Lil_FarmerJim]

That's very cool. I love to see how things change over time. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[J_J]

That is a great idea.

How much time in between shots? and you must have had a selected spot for the pictures, correct. Could you explain in more detail, how you did that process.

 

[jimmyj]

Great stuff!! Thanks.

I'm with JJ, can you give us some tips on how we could do it. I get that you used the same dates and must have had a marker on the spot, but anything else?

 

[LBrown59]

We really enjoyed the nice pictures.
Big thanks from the wife and me for sharing them.

I found some pictures I took on 3/16/1993, just 3 years after my Granddad died. The land hadn't really been kept up for about 5 years at that point. I decided to try and go take the same exact pictures on 3/16/2009 and merged them together, just to see the difference. Maybe in another 15 years I can take another set.

Little background (for those interested):

My Grandparents had a 200 acre farm in East Texas. My Granddad was diagnosed with Colan Cancer in 1987, so they sold off all the animals and most of the equipment and leased the land. He passed away in 1990. From that point on, my Grandmother lived on the farm, but just left it leased for cattle. Fast forward to 2006, she passed away. My Dad inherited the land at that point, but it's remained mostly untouched and overgrown. This year my parents decided to officially move to the farm, and hopefully restore it to what it once was. The land has been in our family since 1879.


Few old silo's & milk barn:

The old highway (now paved) that splits the property:

The workshop. That's an old Farmall 504 sitting there - the only tractor they kept. The shed portion got damaged during a storm, so we removed it several years ago:

I couldn't get these to line up exactly, but the RV shed is spot on. Notice the cell tower that went up.

I thought they were interesting at least.

 

[schmism]

the property we bought was simular.

the husband died like 10 years prior to us buying it. the little old grandma was physically unable to keep 90% of the property up.

It took us nearly 2 years of weekly work to undo that 10 years of neglect and are still working on parts even 3 years later.

 

[Scooby074]

Very cool with the time lapse.

 

[gotrocks]

Thanks for one of the best presentations I've ever seen.

You have the farm as a family treasure and this time lapse to enhance memories.

Will you tell what program and procedure you used to create these delightful sights?

 

[DamonH]

How much time in between shots?

15 years exactly.

and you must have had a selected spot for the pictures, correct. Could you explain in more detail, how you did that process.

The pictures are only two photo's, I realize now that people may think there were more the way I have them put together. One from 3/16/1993, the other from 3/16/2009. Really all there is to it was I found some old photo's, took them to the farm with me, and tried to take the exact same picture 15 years later. I knew about where I was standing in the first pictures, so I didn't mark anything. I basically just tried to take a similar picture and then just adjusted the size in photoshop until they matched. Then I used photoshop again to merge the pictures together and make them into an animated .gif.

 

[woodchuckie]

The time lapse looks like the way the kodak site presents the slide shows when you store photos there.

 

[JayC]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing! I love time lapse photos. It really is amazing to see how much things change.