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I live very close to Offa's Dyke and I'm a participant in a project which involves taking still photos of the monument from various vantage points over a period of weeks/months years. This is to show how the appearance of Offa's Dyke can change throughout the seasons and years. Currently, I take the dog for a walk and just aim my camera (or even use camera on phone) at a section of Offa's Dyke - that's all there is to it.
The thought has occurred to me, that it would be interesting to use something such as a Brinno TLC200 time lapse camera to record images from a set point - which would be from my back garden, which overlooks Offa's Dyke. In theory, I could mount the camera on a pole in my back garden and 'aim' it at the field directly behind; the Brinno takes still images at a pre-set time lapse - which are compiled into an AVI file. I've been told, that if the Brinno takes photos every 5 seconds, this works out at over 85,000 images in a year - which is compiled into about 25 minutes of AVI.
If I mounted the camera in this way, the viewpoint would be consistent and it enable anyone viewing the images, to compare and contrast the appearance of the monument over time.
https://www.brinno.com/index.php/tim...-camera/TLC200
The camera would take shots of Offa's Dyke and sheep when they are in the field; they might catch the farmer on his quad bike, when he comes round every few weeks to check the sheep.
My query is this, am I legally able to carry out such a project ? Whilst the public shouldn't have access to the field, it would be theoretically possible for someone to enter the field and for them to be recorded (inadvertently) on the camera. The camera would not be taking images across any road or footpath. Any images/avi files collected, would be used to document changes to the Dyke over the years - changes do occur, as have been recorded with a similar project on Hadrian's Wall; I should mention, there is no financial aspect to this.
My query is this, am I legally able to carry out this project using a time-lapse camera or should I stick to taking photos by phone/camera (whatever) ?
I live very close to Offa's Dyke and I'm a participant in a project which involves taking still photos of the monument from various vantage points over a period of weeks/months years. This is to show how the appearance of Offa's Dyke can change throughout the seasons and years. Currently, I take the dog for a walk and just aim my camera (or even use camera on phone) at a section of Offa's Dyke - that's all there is to it.
The thought has occurred to me, that it would be interesting to use something such as a Brinno TLC200 time lapse camera to record images from a set point - which would be from my back garden, which overlooks Offa's Dyke. In theory, I could mount the camera on a pole in my back garden and 'aim' it at the field directly behind; the Brinno takes still images at a pre-set time lapse - which are compiled into an AVI file. I've been told, that if the Brinno takes photos every 5 seconds, this works out at over 85,000 images in a year - which is compiled into about 25 minutes of AVI.
If I mounted the camera in this way, the viewpoint would be consistent and it enable anyone viewing the images, to compare and contrast the appearance of the monument over time.
https://www.brinno.com/index.php/tim...-camera/TLC200
The camera would take shots of Offa's Dyke and sheep when they are in the field; they might catch the farmer on his quad bike, when he comes round every few weeks to check the sheep.
My query is this, am I legally able to carry out such a project ? Whilst the public shouldn't have access to the field, it would be theoretically possible for someone to enter the field and for them to be recorded (inadvertently) on the camera. The camera would not be taking images across any road or footpath. Any images/avi files collected, would be used to document changes to the Dyke over the years - changes do occur, as have been recorded with a similar project on Hadrian's Wall; I should mention, there is no financial aspect to this.
My query is this, am I legally able to carry out this project using a time-lapse camera or should I stick to taking photos by phone/camera (whatever) ?
