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Pink Light Dawn
A morning with Sandhill Cranes
There is a lovely dawn sky that forms only when conditions are just right.
Photographers know it as the pink light dawn. Sometimes it lasts only one
or two minutes. On October 20, 2009 the sky blazed pink over the
Cosumnes River Preserve wetlands for nine minutes. The Sandhill Cranes
awakened to a glorious day and, as cranes will do, they certainly made
the most of it. We were there capturing it all. This film has no human
voices but great crane songs and tenderly soft purrs can be heard below
as legions of ducks and geese sing overhead. Red-winged Blackbirds,
Black-necked Stilts, Western Meadowlarks, Black-crowned Sparrows and
many others joined the Pink Light Dawn chorus in beautiful field
recorded stereo.
The soundtrack was recorded with a Telinga Stereo DAT Parabolic
Microphone and Sony PCM D-50 digital audio recorder. Compiled from
48 audio files obtained during 8 dawn recording sessions on Desmond
Road in the Cosumnes River Preserve from 11/26/09 to 1/2/10. Our intent
is to include the freeway sounds (I-5 in the background) without allowing
the noise to overshadow the natural symphony. The video is set to loop
(run continuously) to allow the soundtrack to be used for background
sounds in your work area. Just allow the video to load then minimize the
window and get back to work while your head is in the wetlands. Use of
headphones or ear buds will keep those pesky co-workers at bay while
you immerse your consciousness in the dawn symphony.
Ultimately, Pink Light Dawn will be another piece of a multi-media
puzzle that is under development. It will include field stereo audio from
the wetlands, detailed Crane visiting tips / maps and other goodies.
Prior to the release of the Hybrid DVD a solo DVD of the film is
available as a fund raiser for Save Our Sandhill Cranes.
The DVD is truly incredible on a home entertainment system with
or without headphones. Consider the web version as a preview.
For the maximum experience get the DVD!
This web video is "autoload". Let it load and it will start when it is ready.
After it has played completely through the controls will become active.
Be patient and let it load. At 30.9 mb (web encode of 700 kbps) you
might just go get a cup of coffee while it loads.
Please forward the link to this page to all who may be interested. The
link may be posted but the video is protected by copyright and lives here.
Pink Light Dawn premiered on the big screen at the Galt Winter Bird
Festival on 1/30/2010. DVDs are now available - see info to the left.
File Size 30.9 mb
Runtime: 15:30
Use Headphones for full wetlands immersion effect!
Posted 1/12/2010
A morning with Sandhill Cranes
There is a lovely dawn sky that forms only when conditions are just right.
Photographers know it as the pink light dawn. Sometimes it lasts only one
or two minutes. On October 20, 2009 the sky blazed pink over the
Cosumnes River Preserve wetlands for nine minutes. The Sandhill Cranes
awakened to a glorious day and, as cranes will do, they certainly made
the most of it. We were there capturing it all. This film has no human
voices but great crane songs and tenderly soft purrs can be heard below
as legions of ducks and geese sing overhead. Red-winged Blackbirds,
Black-necked Stilts, Western Meadowlarks, Black-crowned Sparrows and
many others joined the Pink Light Dawn chorus in beautiful field
recorded stereo.
The soundtrack was recorded with a Telinga Stereo DAT Parabolic
Microphone and Sony PCM D-50 digital audio recorder. Compiled from
48 audio files obtained during 8 dawn recording sessions on Desmond
Road in the Cosumnes River Preserve from 11/26/09 to 1/2/10. Our intent
is to include the freeway sounds (I-5 in the background) without allowing
the noise to overshadow the natural symphony. The video is set to loop
(run continuously) to allow the soundtrack to be used for background
sounds in your work area. Just allow the video to load then minimize the
window and get back to work while your head is in the wetlands. Use of
headphones or ear buds will keep those pesky co-workers at bay while
you immerse your consciousness in the dawn symphony.
Ultimately, Pink Light Dawn will be another piece of a multi-media
puzzle that is under development. It will include field stereo audio from
the wetlands, detailed Crane visiting tips / maps and other goodies.
Prior to the release of the Hybrid DVD a solo DVD of the film is
available as a fund raiser for Save Our Sandhill Cranes.
The DVD is truly incredible on a home entertainment system with
or without headphones. Consider the web version as a preview.
For the maximum experience get the DVD!
This web video is "autoload". Let it load and it will start when it is ready.
After it has played completely through the controls will become active.
Be patient and let it load. At 30.9 mb (web encode of 700 kbps) you
might just go get a cup of coffee while it loads.
Please forward the link to this page to all who may be interested. The
link may be posted but the video is protected by copyright and lives here.
Pink Light Dawn premiered on the big screen at the Galt Winter Bird
Festival on 1/30/2010. DVDs are now available - see info to the left.
File Size 30.9 mb
Runtime: 15:30
Use Headphones for full wetlands immersion effect!
Posted 1/12/2010
© 2010 ShareTheRoad Productions
DVD ordering
information.
The price is $10 plus
$2.50 S&H, in the
USA, for the 15
minute, 30 second
DVD .
Bulk & non-profit /
educational
institution rates are
also available.
50% of the
purchase price will
be donated to Save
Our Sandhill Cranes.
The rest will be used
to continue the
development of
Hybrid DVD
educational media.
You can read our
Conservation
Mission Statement.
We thank you for
your support.
information.
The price is $10 plus
$2.50 S&H, in the
USA, for the 15
minute, 30 second
DVD .
Bulk & non-profit /
educational
institution rates are
also available.
50% of the
purchase price will
be donated to Save
Our Sandhill Cranes.
The rest will be used
to continue the
development of
Hybrid DVD
educational media.
You can read our
Conservation
Mission Statement.
We thank you for
your support.
| Parabolic Microphone and Sony PCM D-50 digital audio recorder |
Draft versions of Pink
Light Dawn have been
shown at the Lodi Sandhill
Crane Festival and the
Wheeler National Wildlife
Refuge Crane Watch.
Feedback from viewers
has been very helpful. We
thank all of you who
have helped us to craft
this film.
Light Dawn have been
shown at the Lodi Sandhill
Crane Festival and the
Wheeler National Wildlife
Refuge Crane Watch.
Feedback from viewers
has been very helpful. We
thank all of you who
have helped us to craft
this film.