Category: Nature Videos

Last month YouTube informed us that our channel could no longer monetized because we were reusing other peoples videos on our channel. You know that is false because shoot and record all of our videos ourselves. However, even when we showed that, YouTube would come back to us and say “after a careful review we have determined that your channel is reusing other peoples videos without significantly changing them”. It turns out that this may have to do with our black screen videos and so now we are replacing our black screen videos – starting with the frog chorus video.

Despite there being two parts to a video – visual and audio, it looks like YouTube only looks at the visual aspect. They don’t seem to care what the commentary is in the audio. We know this because we created the black screen videos to have audio we recorded in nature play while viewers relaxed or even slept. The audio would be half of the video but even though it is different than other people’s videos, YouTube still claimed we were using other peoples content.

They wouldn’t tell us it was the black screen. In our appeals we specifically asked about black screens and all they would say was “after a careful review we have determined that you channel is reusing other peoples content”.

Monetization is key to our moving the channel forward as it helps pay for fuel and equipment to capture more scenes from nature in different places. That being said, spending hundreds if not thousands of hours capturing and creating content only to be told by strangers that we were using other peoples content was an insult.

As a result, we are going to slowly take down and replace our black screen videos with dark screens to meet the requirements and hopefully move the channel forward. This week we are starting with our most popular video, the Frog (peepers) chorus. This new video features the wetland that are home to these critters.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest in Connecticut | Aerial Tour with Music –

Join us for an aerial tour of a natural gem of the Quiet Corner of Connecticut – Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest. The park is located in the Quinebaug and Shetucket National Heritage Corridor and is part of a larger cluster of forests in what is referred to as the Last Green Mile between Washington and Boston.

On this aerial tour we see Mashapaug Pond at the northern end of Bigelow Hollow in Bigelow Hollow State Park. We then fly over Bigelow Pond and the Nipmuck State Forest on our way over Breakneck Pond. Bigelow Hollow sits in a big low valley which gives it its name and is surrounded hills. The evergreen forest is a cool place in summer with scenery similar to that of northern New England.

This is footage that we shot using our DJI Mini 2 and edited using Shotcut.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Walk in the Woods during Stick Season – It’s late fall in New England and the leaves have fallen off the trees. It’s a season we affectionately call “Stick Season”. Snow flurries can be see some days but the ground is still bare. Join us as we walk to a beaver pond deep in the woods on a late day.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Aerial Wintertime Forest Views | Drone Footage of the New England Woods in Winter with Music –

Enjoy the exceptional serenity of the New England winter landscape and admire the smallest details of every element! Fly above the forest and explore these natural wonders in all its glory! This HD ambient drone film will take you to the snow-covered landscapes of rolling mountains, frozen rivers, and crystal lakes. Plunge into amazing sceneries of hills covered with snow and take in the idyllic rural landscapes! Don’t miss the chance to see New England from above and enjoy the scenic winter views while watching this #drone footage. Let nature come into your home and create a peaceful atmosphere!

This was captured by us in late 2021 with our DJI Mini 2 over the hills of Northeast Connecticut.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Old Saybrook, CT Shoreline in Winter | Aerial Footage with Music –

Fly over the scenic shoreline of Connecticut during winter. In this video we fly over the beautiful shoreline of Old Saybrook’s Borough of Fenwick in deep winter with snow on the ground. We see the lighthouses at Lynde Point and the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Saybrook Point and Saybrook Point Harbor. Since it is winter we see ice floating down the Connecticut River and along the shore.

This is footage that we shot in February 2022 from the Fenwick section of Old Saybrook using our DJI Mini 2.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

What happens when your road becomes a river? | White Water Flash Flood on a road –

When several inches of rain recently fell in less than an hour, it turned a local road into a white water after a flash flood. We were the last vehicle to make it down the road and after the rain stopped there were several large holes and washed out sections of road. This what a flash flood looks like!

We recorded this when we found ourselves in a sudden downpour on Rondeau Street in Palmer, MA in late summer 2021.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Fade to Black Ocean Surf Wave Sounds 10 Hours | Dark Screen for Sleeping, Relaxation, Study –

This video features ocean surf wave sounds as they crash on a beach. This video is being released in three versions. This version features a fade to black screen making it a great video for sleeping, relaxation, study, meditation or if you’re just looking for a background sound of the pounding surf and ocean waves.

We recorded these ocean waves and sound on a recent trip to Misquamicut Beach at Misquamicut Rhode Island using a Nikon D5300 DSL for video and a a special binaural audio rig that we created.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Ocean Surf Wave Sounds 10 Hours | Dark Screen for Sleeping, Relaxation, Study or Background Sound –

This video features ocean surf wave sounds as they crash on a beach. This video is being released in three versions. This version features a black screen making it a great video for sleeping, relaxation, study, meditation or if you’re just looking for a background sound of the pounding surf and ocean waves.

We recorded these ocean waves and sound on a recent trip to Misquamicut Beach at Misquamicut Rhode Island using a Nikon D5300 DSLR for video and a a special binaural audio rig that we created.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

Ocean Surf Wave Sounds 10 Hours | Natural Sights & Sound for Sleeping, Relaxation, Study –

This video features ocean surf wave sights & sounds as they crash on a beach. This video is being released in three versions. This version features the live action of the surf as the waves crash on the beach making it a great video for sleeping, relaxation, study, meditation or if you’re just looking for a background sound of the pounding surf and ocean waves.

We recorded these ocean waves and sound on a recent trip to Misquamicut Beach at Misquamicut Rhode Island using a Nikon D5300 DSL for video and a a special binaural audio rig that we created.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.

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Nightly Frog (Peepers) Chorus – 10 Hours of Dark Screen | Natural Sound –

Here is a 10 hour recording I made of frogs (peepers) nightly chorus. The video features a black screen to maximize its benefit for sleeping, study, relaxation, meditation or just to have something in the background with natural sound.

One night while we were camping at Bald Eagle State Park in Pennsylvania I heard these frogs and quickly grabbed my equipment and started recording. It was dark and there was nothing visually to record so I let the audio recording go. This video mimics what I heard and saw that night!

I made the recording using a Zoom H1N audio recorder using a custom binaural microphone setup that I built. The recording was done at Bald Eagle State Park in Pennsylvania.

For more videos like this one, check out our YouTube Channel or click here for a list of our nature videos.