01
Survey a place
Mark a part of the garden, choose overlap and focus, preview every camera stop, then capture it.
corners · cell walk · focus recipes · capture
Choose a garden place →Chapter five · The working end
The workshop
The machinery is still here. It is grouped by what you are trying to do, and it stays out of the fieldbook until you need it.
camerachecking
places—
routines— / — active
captures indexed—
bird species filed—
02
Keep watch
Turn a saved survey, the full panorama, or the feeder watch into a repeating routine.
timers · pause · resume · panorama
Shape the routines →03
Inspect the archive
Open finished captures, watch active work, stitch again, or clean dark, blurry, and incomplete frames.
captures · progress · stitch · smart clean
Open the fieldbook →04
Watch a season change
Play matching captures through time at a speed that makes growth and movement visible.
timelapse · speed · date range · export view
Play a season →05
Teach bird identity
Name a regular, add reference views, and confirm or reject matches with the evidence beside them.
species · individuals · references · review queue
Meet the regulars →06
Tune the camera
Set home positions and presets, check framing, or calibrate field of view when the lens behavior changes.
presets · home · focus · HFOV
Read camera note →The old site made every camera control feel equally important all the time. Here, the fieldbook is for seeing and understanding. The workshop is where you deliberately change how the system behaves.
Open the complete classic studio (old site) →