Outdoor time-lapse video without a tripod, taking a still photograph every time you walk past a certain site, capturing subtle changes over time

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-lapse-video-easy-camera-pocket.html

"data collection outside in uncontrolled settings... align/ visualize growing dataset, correcting for slight inconsistencies in how pictures were taken... time splatting reconstruction method matches sun positions, local GPS coordinates/ weather data for each photography session, transitions between seasons... re-light from sunrise to sunset, change shadow locations/ daytime lighting to nighttime or vice-versa... finished product: turning into panoramic time-lapse video... field sciences, construction, health care monitoring"