Add field photos, video or audio

Photos, source recordings and explanations can help others understand ecological work. Related material belongs in one Capture. Review comes before any public use.

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Optional: save form details here for later. This does not save original files or submit a Capture. Server-stored Captures are in My Captures.

Capture contextGive this Capture a short titleWhat is the purpose?

Linked context: marine-pyura-sea-squirt. This link does not confirm an identification or grant field authority.

Activity or event (if relevant)Ecological question (if known)

Before you record or choose files

For ordinary coverage, make purposeful recordings of what matters. Keep a longer continuous original when interruption would lose behaviour, process or context. Keep yourself and the subject safe; never stage evidence.

Guidance for

Required means context needed to understand this purpose, not a compulsory list of shots. Useful and optional coverage can improve the account.

requiredShow or describe what you noticed. Keep your uncertainty in the explanation.
usefulInclude the wider setting without revealing a sensitive location.
usefulInclude a safe familiar scale or reference; do not disturb the subject to add one.
usefulAdd a clear detail that helps someone examine the observation without treating your identification as confirmed.
optionalAdd complementary views to this Capture. Source recordings can be excerpted later; you do not need to make an episode.

Related original files

Choose photographs, MP4 video, MP3 or M4A sound. Keep longer continuous source when needed; do not cut evidence to match an editorial shot. Source files are never changed here.

Choose files from your deviceUse your camera

Help someone understand the observationWhat happened or what did you notice?What do you think it depicts? (a suggestion, not a confirmed identification)Credit / attributionGeneral locality that could be considered for public useKeep the locality withheld because it may be sensitive.Precise locality for restricted review only (optional)Private contact for questions (optional)

Originals may contain GPS/device metadata. They remain private; submitting them does not make those details public.

I captured this material and have permission to submit it for private review. My descriptions and identifications are my observations, not confirmed ecological findings.Use smaller transfer sections on a slow connection. This keeps the original recording whole.

You can add complementary material to the same Capture before sending it for review.