[HN Gopher] Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman's Reven...
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       Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2025-03-31 05:35 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | mikestew wrote:
       | _"I came up with the idea of putting my little knights to sleep.
       | I separated their legs and jaws from their abdomens, and then put
       | them back in place with the help of thin wires. This way I could
       | dress the beetles in costumes, knee-high boots, and put swords in
       | their hands."_
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       | Impressive stop-motion photography, especially for 1912. If the
       | title didn't grab you, give it 60 seconds of your time.
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | Okay, this is _not_ what I was expecting. People joke that I
         | have a special mindset for being able to shoot a lot of
         | timelapse, but this is an entirely different level of special
         | mindset. That 's up there with the guy that made the paper 777
         | scale model plane out of manila folders. Some people just have
         | a sticktoitiveness that reaches super human levels.
        
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