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What does time-lapse photography mean? Time-lapse photography commentary.

1. Time-lapse photography, also called time-lapse photography and time-lapse video recording, is a kind of shooting technique that compresses time, and it is also called time-lapse video recording at present. It takes a group of photos or videos, and then through photo stitching or video frame extraction, it compresses the process of minutes, hours or even days and years into a short period of time and plays it out in the form of video. In time-lapse photography video, the slow change of an object or scene is compressed in a very short time, presenting a strange and wonderful scene that is usually imperceptible to the naked eye.

2. Time-lapse photography can be regarded as the opposite process to high-speed photography. Time-lapse photography is usually used to shoot urban scenery, natural scenery, astronomical phenomena, urban life, architectural manufacturing, biological evolution and other topics. At present, in addition to cameras, mobile phones and driving recorders also have this function.