Trippin&#39; Through Time

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I wonder how the camera was triggered

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

A second pigeon to peck the trigger button.

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[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

A pneumatic timing mechanism

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[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 9 points 5 months ago

He built several models which included a pneumatic timing mechanism to activate the shutter at set intervals.

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

It says in the article

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

People who undertook this hobby weren't quite sure where the pigeon would be when the pictures were taken. They just had to wing it.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz [S] 8 points 5 months ago

Loud, slow claps

Bravo.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago

Bastards!