I am in luck. On Sunday I spotted an inkcap that had just pushed the fruit body above ground, and, despite some serious weather challenges, I’ve managed to take 3 images of it once a day around the same time, sort of a timelapse series.
I’ve never had the opportunity to do a timelapse. I would appreciate some help as to how to upload this series as it might be of interest. (Incidentally, the old book “A Field Guide to the Mushrooms of South Africa” has drawings in a timeline that looks almost the same as my photos!)
Do I post one separate observation with all 3 images for each day or do I rather load the best image from each of the days (5 so far) as one complete observation?
Or, would researchers prefer a collage image for each day still uploaded as one observation (the image is a collage of today’s images)? Please note that the collage image above is made in MS Collage and the metadata will now be of the collage image and not of the individual images, hence today’s image will have metadata for a later time than when the obs actually took place.
If I were to upload the entire series (as of now 15 photos) as one observation, to I annotate the dates directly on the photos to ensure that each day is clearly seen (obviously the photo detail will have the date and time on it) by users? And also, what would be the date of the observation for the complete series - day one or the last day (I think it might go another two days)?
If I am supposed to post each day separately, is there a requirement or a method to cross reference in the fields so that it is still apparent that this is a series?