Welcome, Dana, and thanks for your lovely story.
Klas.
At 18:26 2005-07-21, you wrote:
>Greetings.
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>My name is Dana Blackmer (and just so there's no confusion, I'm a
>guy). I'm a clinical psychologist in Richmond, VA. My passion is
>nature photography and I am a novice nature recordist. In fact, I
>haven't purchased any gear yet.
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>I came to nature recording in an abrupt and surprising way. About
>two months ago I took my nine year old daughter photographing in the
>Blue Ridge Mountains in western Virginia. We arrived there before
>dawn and hiked alone a trail to a small stream. As we photographed,
>I asked my daughter to stop for a moment and listen. The sounds of
>the water falling over the rocks, the breeze blowing through the
>leaves, and the song of many birds filled the air. I said, "You
>know, Janie, if I could bottle this sound, I'd take it home with me
>and listen to it all the time."
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>Ten minutes later she came to me in tears. She had dropped her
>digital camera in the stream and it wouldn't turn on again. When we
>got home and dried it out it came on again for only fifteen minutes,
>but in that time I downloaded what she had shot that morning, which
>to my surprise, include a small video clip of the stream, complete
>with sound!
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>Then it hit me - I CAN bottle this sound and take it home with me!
>Since that time, I've been reading everything I can get my hands on
>about nature recording. Like any novice, I have many more questions
>than answers at this time, and look forward to getting some of them
>answered here. My hope is that I can use nature recording to
>complement my nature photography; that is, to have another medium by
>which I can help others know, appreciate, and conserve the beauty of
>the natural world around them.
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>I look forward to participating in this group.
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>Dana Blackmer
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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