Anybody on here make /an/-related OC? I do field recordings and there's been some interest so I decided to make a thread. Post your OC here!
Here's a nice easy one of a spring evening. Birds, frogs, crickets, breeze.
https://clyp.it/xkljs003
The Spring Peepers were intense this year (as always). My recording rig is really expensive but made up of many components, so I spent a little money at a time to build it up. This recording was done when I didn't have my amazing preamps yet and I hadn't built the Jecklin disk either - SO the quality isn't as beautiful as the first post. Shame too, because the peepers are a pretty impressive wall of noise. Next spring I'll get'm properly.
https://clyp.it/h0nybgxe
Yep. I do animal photog; both captive (pets and zoo) and some wildlife when i get the opportunity. Just hobby i picked up to get myself out of the house on weekends.
Muh bumbler page: aminalspls.tumblr.com
>>2006634
Might as well list my equipment:
Nikon D7100 with following lenses for the animals
90mm macro
70-200mm f2.8
150-600mm big zoomer
>>2006640
>150-600mm big zoomer
wow that must be a nice one! I have an 18-55mm and a 50-200mm. I hang out on /p/ sometimes but I'm not very good. Sound is my real passion anyway.
https://clyp.it/jkqfuqyp
This one's one of my favorites. I spent a few hours all alone in the dark by a godforsaken swamp and let the recorder roll. I was covered in tix when I finally got out of there!
https://clyp.it/fxkbhmyg
It's the new Tamron one. Not too crazy expensive relative to the other options that can manage that focal length. I am very pleased with its image stabilization. Image quality is pretty good too. But, because of the small aperture it's a daylight only kinda lens. I usually have it set to f8 to keep the image reasonably sharp.
>>2006634
>aminalspls.tumblr.com
wow these are really nie shots bruh. you must enjoy this quite a bit
>>2006650
Thanks, senpai. It's a lot of fun.
>>2006654
nice stuff as usual but
>gardeningqueer
really?
Here's another one, I stuck contact mics on a tree that was creaking in the wind. None of this sound was audible at the time, it's all just running through the tree fibers as it stretched and twisted in the wind. Was lovely!
https://clyp.it/mdoc4wqw
Here are a couple with by binaural mic. It's heavy and doesn't have the best sounding mics in it (I'm po') so I don't bring this /out/ much. It does make some very cool recordings though - GOTTA USE HEADPHONES for full effect!
https://clyp.it/cfkvyxef
https://clyp.it/zcdlyudk
https://clyp.it/pxtxxvzu
https://clyp.it/t35hy03t
For some reason there's been almost no thunderstorms here the last couple years. Rain, very occasional lightning, no fucking thunder. The closest I ever got is basicaly this:
https://clyp.it/hdnwsxgb
https://clyp.it/w0s3dhds
One of the most surprising nature recordings I've ever gotten. The bigass blizzard we got last january. No fancy/expensive mics for this one, just brough my handheld recorder out with the wind muff on and to my delight it really captured the sound of the blizzard out there beautifully. The little retard stray that we feed and keep warm was meowing though.
https://clyp.it/psahjlz4
Made a special trip in Sept to record the katydids.
https://clyp.it/ets2onme
I take a lot of pictures at the animal shelter but some of it is gory and I'm always worried someone will find out what shelter it is because of the pictures.
Animal photography is a lot harder than people think.
>>2006840
I don't get it, could you elaborate? You take pitchers of injured animals that have been rescued, or you take undercover PETA-style pitchers of animals that aren't being kept well? Both, neither?
Amateur wildlife photographer here.
Canon Rebel SL 1, which is a decent beginning body but I'm looking to upgrade when I can afford it. The lens I use 99% of the time is the Canon EF 100mm-400mm I, which is my favorite piece of gear I own.
This is my favorite picture compositionally, but I wish I had understood my gear better at the time. I don't think I took this with the 100-400mm lens.
>>2006850
that's nice. musta been hard to find/get that close to a bobcat like that! the couple i've ever seen have made haste and disappeared with a second of me seeing them.
cool shot, what would have done differently? lower ISO or something?
>>2006732
are there any download links for any of this? not trying to make money off of it
>>2006856
i don't have my stuff for download because it's mine anon :[
but if you add .mp3 to each link you'll find it gets to you to file i guess. just don't do anything dishonest with my stuff pls. also, fyi i'm:
https://soundcloud.com/mjcrecordings
>>2006860
thanks friendo. i will not be a scumbag
>>2006866
what is your interest in my cordings anyway, if you don't mind me asking
>>2006843
A little bit of both. Mainly I try to show how horrible people are though pictures of animals. I try very hard to keep certain info out of the pictures, but you never know who is lurking
>>2006900
Huh, that's interesting. And you do this for artistic purposes? Care to share any?
>>2006646
Walking tics i hope? Fuck tics annoying to flick them off. Satisfying to killer them with my nail into their armor shell
>>2006920
Several walking ticks on the outside of my pants. But even after I got home and was uploading the audio to my 'puter i found ticks climbing around on my desk and chair (little nignogs were crawling out of my clothes and hair and god knows where). i also had 3 ticks in me that i had to remove, but i found them all right away when i got home and did my tickcheck. that was back in june, and one of the tick bites still bothers me enough that i scratch it till the spot bleeds every few weeks. shitlords are vicious.
>>2006919
I have a hard time calling it artistic, as it is done on the fly with a 6 year old camera. A lot of it is so I don't forget about the animal and it's story. And I don't really share it much out of paranoia.
A lot of the images I have range between cute and funny to very graphic. Pic related is on the much more tame side of graphic. I'm worried I'll be banned if I post an animal with blood on it in fear of it being considered abuse.
He did not survive, btw
>>2006964
oh gosh anon that's heavy. why do you do this? who sees your work?
>>2006966
I don't like to forget the animals. I remember that cat, I remember how affectionate he was, I remember his name, I remember why he was brought in. I had a feeling he wasn't going to do well, so I took a picture of him while I still could.
I also take pictures of things that piss me off, I realize... I suppose my idea is that if I hear anyone say they don't think anything bad will happen, I can show them what happens. But like I said, I'm too paranoid.
Not all of my stuff is sad
>>2006661
Oh weird. Kinda reminds me of wooden boat noises when out in the ocean.
>>2006870
i like to take recordings and slow them down a lot. reearange it a bit maybe if i find something i like. it soothes my autism
>>2007083
interesting. you should post results here, i'm curious.
>>2006624
Really liking this stuff OP. It's pretty relaxing, like going on a camping trip or something.
This is borderline asmr (and I hate using that term...)
Anyways, and interesting idea I had (that I don't have the time or money to accomplish) that you might be into, is to set up a videocamera and your recorder and just film a certain area and capture the sounds.
I had thought mostly about cityscapes, but nature could work too, especially during weather events like snowfall or on a windy night.
>>2006995
Well, I think you should post them all online or something( anonymously) after you're not affiliated with said shelter anymore, with your stories/what you remember about them. That way they'll be out there, on the internet so others can experience it as well.
I think it'd be a fitting tribute.
>>2008140
Thanks mang! I actually have an action cam I use for many of my /out/ activities, and I've used it for recordings as well. I just clamp it to the stand or tripod.
Unfortunately, it's useless for most of my recordings, because there's nothing to see really - either because it's at night (which are like 75% of my recordings) or it's just a stagnant landscape with nothing moving. I always bring my DSLR to take snapshots of the spot, but fussing with the video camera has proven to be a waste of time.
I currently live in a rural area, but back when I was innacity I would go out recording near the trains or traffic or in parks (usually a surround rig btw!) and for a lot of those I'd bring the camera. It was fun to sync-up the fisheye video with traffic whizzing all around in surround. Sadly, for ambient nature recordings there's usually nothing to see. If I ever setup in a flock of geese or the like I'd def bring the camera though! Course the geese would chew apart my wind muffs and shit all over my gear....
>>2008391
Fuck geese.
>implying I don't feed and try to pet them at the river.
Yeah, daytime nature would be nice to look at, not so much to hear. ( maybe the Amazon...) and night is likewise good to hear but not see.
I was mostly thinking about how it would have been nice to see the blizzard you recorded up there. Maybe a nice rainstorm, or moving bodies of water. Super windy fall days might be nice with the leaves and all.
I just bought the album Ruins by grouper, she's got a lot of frog croaking/chirping in the background of her songs. Lighthouse in particular.
>>2008687
Some daytime sounds are nice, but really dusk/night/dawn is where the magic happens. sometimes just a sunny day in the forest can be really soothing, if not not especially interesting or captivating. the blizzard recording was actually at night, but that was just purely incidental. i would love to have been able to get video of that... it looked like trees as far as you could see growing out of this moonscape, with wind blowing dunes of snow and ice around. it's all pretty magical, but as nice as it was to see, the sound is even richer.
one of my favorite things about recording is hearing how different it sounds from what you thought when you were there. every detail presents itself with a whole complex flavor. audio recordings can be as good or even better than "being there" a lot of the time. you really never what what you've captured until you leave and hear it back out of context.
>Ruins by grouper
hm might give that a listen for hyuks
I'll post pictures an anon posted here before of feral cats in his neighborhood.
>>2008699
I know it doesn't count as OC but I've never seen anyone besides myself post these
btw, have some river.
>tfw starting to run out of recordings finally
https://clyp.it/kwahll3h
>>2008701
These are comfy as fuck. Thank you based OP.
>>2008705
thanks anon! you're too kind, glad you enjoy them. i love doing this. even as much as i do manage to record, it's not nearly as much as i want to. i have to travel far and wide to get the variety of places/things that i want, and it's tough to get out to faraway places with all my gear.
kinda sucks now with winter coming it won't really be recording season again for 4-5 months (with a few exceptions).
>>2008708
Man, that's so cool. I really wish I could travel like that...I'd love to see the things you see and hear the things you hear.
I'll be waiting patiently for your posts. I'm a fan now!
>>2008714
thanks non non biyori-anon! you can check my soundcloud/youtube channels if you want to stay up to date. i don't exactly have an exhaustive liberry of sounds yet, so i won't be making threads all too often.
https://soundcloud.com/mjcrecordings
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ChFpI5jcBUMAJmVeiZ0eQ
>>2008718
Aww ye. Thanks nigga.
Amateur Wildlife photographer
Nikon D3200
Nikkor 18-55mm lens
Nikkor 55-200mm lens
Soon I am getting the Tamron 18-200mm macro lens
Pic related, one of my recent shots
Also anybody who cares go follow my instagram @louisiana_snakeman
>>2008862
nice! i've got a pentax with a pair of similar kit lenses. i would love to get a real macro lens but $$. i've done ok with close-up lenses though, it's just pretty hit-and-miss really.
>>2008862
if you put them on flickr and don't take pictures of dogs or people and not very many pictures of buildings and signs and food I'll look at every one forever, but Instagram? what the fuck? why?
>>2009279
not him but does it really make that big a difference anon? who cares. you sound like the kind of person who loves a nice chicken parm, as long as it isn't served by a black waiter.
>>2009288
>not him but does it really make that big a difference anon?
instagram does not have rss feeds and the max res is tiny.
>>2009298
o well
>>2008862
>Soon I am getting the Tamron 18-200mm macro
Consider spending just a little bit more and getting the 90mm f/2.8 1:1 macro. Those macro zooms are not great and cannot do 1:1 magnification, which is the whole point of having a macro lens to begin with. Alternately, you could get a 50mm f1.8 regular lens and use macro tubes to get the magnification you want.
>>2009375
I'm not really getting it because it is a macro, more because of the focal range. Is there any other lenses you would suggest instead with a similar focal range? And my max price is right at $200 so that's another factor.
This is pretty much my last one. Nothing much happened on this outing, but the mosquito flybys are pretty neato. Great with headphones!
https://clyp.it/kca14zlt
protip: at about 1m a mosquito actually lands on the mic
I'm really dying to get more recordings now. >tfw no handsome recording buddy to go on expeditions with
That's really awesome, OP!
I'm a very sound-oriented person, so I'd love to get into field recordings someday. Specifically bird calls.
For now though, I'll stick with photography.
Pic related is one of my favorite pictures. It's an Eastern Kingbird I photographed near Will Rogers World Airport. They move through Oklahoma every summer.
I wish I knew how to make money off of my pictures. Oh well.
Alligator in Florida
Everglades.
I'll stop here.
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>>2010177
These are nie brah. I like the alligator one... i would love to see the Everglades someday. Swamps and wetland in general are my favorite place to record. It's like a super-concrentrated super-accelerated cycle of life and death. Everywhere you look something's dying, something's decaying, and something's thriving. Makes for great photos/recordings.
>>2009510
Ah, gotcha. Go for it then.
here's some naitcher OC
>>2011186
Cool! I'm always a sucker for timelapse clouds.
>>2006624
I wanna get into making field recordings, what kind of equipment would you recommend someone on a tight budget?
>>2011614
Well, I use a Tascam recorder and I love it. If you want to keep it simple get yourself a Tascam DR-05. The onboard mics are quite good and sensitive. It will allow you to plug an external mic in (if you get a battery-powered shotgun mic for focused recordings for example - good for bird calls and specific "up close" sounds). The onboard mics alone record a nice ambient stereo field.
With just the DR-05 and a small tripod you're good to go! If you expect to get serious get a DR-40 or similar because that allows you to plug two mics in via XLR cables (which is more professional gear), But the price increase to start all that is a lot. I use a DR-40 but use external mics with external preamps, phantom power, etc.
Think ahead and be smart about it so you don't waste money. With all the bits and pieces I've collected for my rig the total cost is about $1000 (or less) but the recoding quality I can get from it all is about the same as a $4k rig! I just have more components and gear to connect... still all fits on the tripod though!
What would be the minimum gear for some decent wild bird photography?
Ideally something that could be upgraded if I enjoy it enough to invest some serious money.
>>2011637
you'll need a DSRL and a zoom lens (at least 200mm but 300mm would be better). since you buy the camera body separate from the lenses find yourself a nice entry-level ($300) DSLR and then get a kit zoom lens... best value for monies would be a Sigma or Tamron, but there are others. It'll probably be something like 50mm-200mm or 80mm-300mm etc. You need dat zoom for birds, but also know that the zoom lens will make it harder for you to take regular photos. For that you want something like an 18mm-50mm lens. I bought a Pentax K-50 bundled with two lenses, 18-55mm and 50-200mm, all-up it was like $500 but now I don't need anything else.
These kinds of hobbies can be expensive, but this is the best time of year to buy on account of all the quidmas sales
bumpan an interesting thread
>>2011637
You can get something like the Nikon d3300 with the 55-300 kit lens instead of the default 18-55 for not too much money (relatively speaking, in photography terms). Previous poster's suggestion of Pentax k50 is also good.
The sensors on both of those cameras are quite good so upgrading to a nicer quality lens in future will result in significant bump to your image quality. Ultimately high quality lenses are where you want to break the bank, camera body isn't as important.
>>2011637
I would do something like a Nikon d3200 or 3300 body and a tamron 18-200mm lens. Then if you really want a longer range you could bump up to like a 70-300mm zoom.
>>2006646
is this a setup for binaural recording?
>>2013224
semi-binaural yeah. with a Jecklin disk you get some of the head-related cues of a true binaural recording, but it also leaves a few out. The arrival time delay between channels is pretty much spot-on, but the transfer function (frequency response) isn't quite as drastic and also the level difference isn't as drastic. Binaural recordings are great with headphones but rather poor through speakers, baffled omni techniques (like the Jecklin disk) aren't as vivid in headphones but the compromise is it sounds good through speakers without weird crosstalk and phase issues.
Finally, without ears or shoulders you get no sense of elevation that you get with true binaural. Which is also fine with me because that not only needs to be heard with headphones, but it's also different for every person so it doesn't work great for a general listening audience.
tl;dr: yup, pretty much
I enjoy wild life photography a lot but I live in a difficult area, so I usually settle with people and stray dogs kek
>>2013831
Here's a stray and her pup
>>2013840
I was going to give a sensible reply but then I read bug guy ayy
Here's a pic I took of a lake
>>2013856
Forgot pic
>>2013861
It's unsafe m8, I live in northern Mexico
Here's a cow
>difficult area, so I usually settle with people and stray dogs
bugguy is right though, that's not a thing.
why does bugminn always come along and track poop all over everyone's threads :[
>>2013869
Also a very angry macaw, sadly from a pet store.
>>2013916
>specific species
kek'd
>>2013892
>add text to them so they don't appear in a reverse search.
that doesn't work most of the time anymore.
>>2013938
naw, that's not me, I'm just telling you a thing because you were misinformed.
I thought we were talking about OCs, as in original characters.
Thank god, I thought you might've become a furfag for a second.
>>2006624
Those recordings are pretty great. Subbed
>>2014457
Thanks! And yep, I saw! Thanks for the add. I want to be bigger than NatGeo but this time next year ;)
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