I've been trying to capture audio while out on shoots.
I am lucky in that a friend of mine gave me a Zoom H4n. But, the battery life on it is short-lived--I'm thinking it might be misconfigured for the battery type I have--new trouble-shooting project! So in the meantime, I decided to use a combination of my iPhone and ZoomH2.
My goal was to record the sound of the flies and cicadas. To me those noises immediately mean heat, sun, crunchy-dry walking paths, and sweat creeping down your temples. I set out in 100 degree heat, the paths were definitely dryer than the last time I had visited. But, unfortunately, the bugs weren't chirping. Apparently it was too hot even for them.