The bruised kiwi fruit in the fruit bowl made me search for time lapse rotting fruit today. Because of the bruising, it is not desirable to eat (think squishy dishcloth). However it still sits there, waiting to be eaten by someone who doesn't know any better. It will continue to sit there, in the fruit bowl, as it looks perfectly normal. The feel is what lets it down. It made me think about how important the look of things are in the considerations made in peoples minds when purchasing items. While the person could be oblivious to how long its been sitting there, how much the flavour and texture have altered since picking, if it looks ok, it is considered "fresh".
The process of decomposition is completely natural, it is a gradual change in the structure of things until they become unrecognizable of their original state. With time-lapse photography, you are able to see changes and development over a long period of time, in a short, stitched together video. Its an effective way of showing slow changes and I feel the video below is a good example of showing something that would otherwise be unnoticed, or viewed as a fresh/rotten contrast.
Because of issues with blogger, the video cannot be embedded so you can see the video here...
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