Fieldcraft

Blog categorized as Fieldcraft

Parabolic Microphone Wind Noise - Design Factors That Matter
Look closely at a TalonFab dish and you'll see aerodynamic design features to manage wind noise from the outset - a microphone position out of the wind and a rounded rim. This article looks at the effect of these design features through aerodynamic simulation.
17.08.26 09:47 AM - Comment(s)
Darwin to Mitchell Plateau - Trip Report
An eight-night 4WD road trip from Darwin to the Mitchell Plateau in search of Black Grasswren. Along the way we photographed Top End and Kimberley specialties including Hooded Parrot, Purple-crowned Fairywren and Kimberley Honeyeater.
09.08.26 02:49 PM - Comment(s)
Parabolic Microphone Focus: Various simulated scenarios
Every parabolic dish concentrates on-axis sound towards the microphone. Put the capsule there and everything the dish gathered arrives in phase. Miss it, and the arrivals from different parts of the dish stop agreeing with each other - first at the highest frequencies, where a millime...
19.07.26 08:46 PM - Comment(s)
How to EQ a Parabolic Microphone
A parabolic dish boosts high frequencies by design - about 6 dB per octave. Why that happens, what EQ to apply, and software based compensation for TalonFab microphones.
19.07.26 08:25 PM - Comment(s)
How to Record Bird Calls: A Complete Field Recording and Editing Guide
Learn how to record, clean up and share bird calls using a practical field workflow. This guide covers microphone setup, positioning, spectrogram editing, filtering, parabolic compensation and export using the free TalonFab Recorder and Editor.
17.07.26 08:53 AM - Comment(s)
Taming Eyeshine: Red-Eye, Steel-Eye, and Lighting Techniques for Nocturnal Photography

Nocturnal wildlife photography has its own kind of magic and excitement. Hours of searching, scanning the dark, and then two eyes glow back at you. The eyeshine of something alive and watching.  But few things flatten that magic faster than red-eye, steel-eye, or a flat front-lit look that make...

09.11.25 04:58 PM - Comment(s)
Tips for Photographing Shorebirds and Wading Birds

Photographing shorebirds and other wading birds presents a mix of challenges: open ground, skittish subjects, glare, and constantly changing water levels. These notes outline practical methods that improve field results: how to move without causing disturbance, recognise useful conditions, and work ...

11.10.25 02:40 PM - Comment(s)
A Practical Guide to Bird Photography from in the Water
Learn how to photograph birds at eye level from the water. This guide covers planning, habitats, timing, concealment, floating hides, camera support, and field techniques for waterfowl, rails, grebes, and other wetland birds.
25.09.25 06:33 PM - Comment(s)
Items have been added to cart.
One or more items could not be added to cart due to certain restrictions.
Added to cart
Your cart has item(s).
- Can't add this product to the cart now. Please try again later.
Quantity updated
- An error occurred. Please try again later.
Deleted from cart
- Can't delete this product from the cart at the moment. Please try again later.