The Man on a Boat

The Man on a Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Go Faster Boat

The Go Faster Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Old Couple

The Old Couple – Richard Broom Photography

The Lock

The Lock – Richard Broom Photography

The River Bend

The River Bend – Richard Broom Photography

The Canoe Girl

The Canoe Girl – Richard Broom Photography

The Other Sodding Tractor

Please see my previous post and then join me as I try to record the tranquil sounds of the River Deveron, near to Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It clearly isn’t my day for field recording! Today is a public holiday and I would expect any self-respecting farmers to take a day off. Not in Banff. So please enjoy the tranquil sounds of the River Deveron passing you by and the delightful sound of a f**king tractor pull a rake around a nearby field. Using my directional parabolic mic (DM), I can hear the sounds of tractors and other industrial noises several kilometres away.

The Other Sodding Tractor

The Other Sodding Tractor – Richard Broom Photography

The Pals

The Pals – Richard Broom Photography

The Memories of the Netherlands

We lived on a boat in the Netherlands for six years. Wonderful memories of the Netherlands.

The Memories of the Netherlands

The Sound of Water

Join me and listen in to the sound of water passing through a short tunnel under a footpath in the woods.

As promised, this is an example of sound recorded using two microphones fitted to my parabolic microphone rather than just one microphone. See what you think…(also see my posting regarding the parabolic microphone here)

The Sound of Water
The Sound of Water – Richard Broom Photography

The Parabolic Microphone

A new microphone system!

I have purchased a parabolic microphone from the Parabolic Microphone Company.

Today was the first day I ventured out into the woods with the ‘para-mic’ to test it out – results below.

Briefly, the parabolic microphone is a directional mic. Basically, point it at a sound source and press the record button (listen to the babbling brook recording above).

On this first try out down in the woods close to Duff House, I forgot to put the ‘wind condom’ on the dish (second image below) and so I picked up quite a bit of wind noise. Moreover, there was a gentle but steady wind through the trees in the wood and that gave me a small amount of background noise which I’ve managed to reduce in post-processing using Adobe Audition.

I used my Zoom H6 to record the sound. I’m still waiting for my Zoom F6 to arrive.

The first recordings will be coming up shortly. Please stay tuned.

The Parabolic mic (without wind sock) – Richard Broom Photography
The parabolic mic with the wind ‘condom’ attached – Richard Broom Photography

The Gorgeous Gorge

Beautiful Scotland…

The Gorgeous Gorge – Richard Broom Photography

The Old Wreck

Some days I feel a bit like this!

The Old Wreck – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat Man

The Boat Man – Richard Broom Photography

The Chap in a Canoe

The Chap in a Canoe – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat

The Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Fisher Boys

The Fisher Boys- Richard Broom Photography

The Chicken on its nest…

The Chicken on its nest – Richard Broom Photography

The Deveron Dog Walk

Where the River Deveron flows into the Moray Firth

The Deveron Dog Walk – Richard Broom Photography

The Four-Paw-Drive Dog

Katy needs four-paw-drive to get through some of the fast-flowing, mountain-fed, streams here in Scotland…

The Four-Paw-Drive Dog – Richard Broom Photography

The Patrol Boat

The Patrol Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Fisherman

The Fisherman – Richard Broom Photography

The Very Big and the Very Little

The Very Big and the Very Little – Richard Broom Photography

The Brown Boat

The Brown Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat Boys

The Boat Boys – Richard Broom Photography

The Girl on a Bike on a Ferry

The Girl on a Bike on a Ferry – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat and the Chinese Restaurant

Not two things you see together often…

The Boat and the Chinese Restaurant – Richard Broom Photography

The Boats…

The Boats – Richard Broom Photography

The Rescue Boats

The Rescue Boats – Richard Broom Photography

The Whistler

The Whistler – Richard Broom Photography

The Sailor (2)

The Sailor (2) – Richard Broom Photography

The Rope Puller

The Rope Puller – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat People

The Boat People

The Ferry Arrives

The Ferry Arrives

The Marina Sunset

The Marina Sunset

The Bike on the Ferry…

The Bike on the Ferry…

The Big Chicken (2)

The Big Chicken (2)

The Big Chicken (1)

The Big Chicken

The Back-scratch

The Back-scratch

The Boat House

The Boat House

The Helmswoman

The Helmswoman

The River Walk

The River Walk

The One Legged Coot

The One Legged Coot

The Boatman

The Boatman

The Red Sails

Sorry I have been away for a while.  Very busy at this end.  Back full time the week after next…

The Red Sails

The Boats In A Row

The Boats In A Row

The Collier

The Collier

The Smoke Stack

The Smoke Stack

The Boat

The Boat

The Leg Over

The Leg Over

The Happy Couple

The Happy Couple

The Big Boys…

The Big Boys…

The Sunglasses

The Sunglasses

The Sailor Boy

The Sailor Boy

The Mövenpick Dilemma

I wonder if the Mövenpick Hotel is ready for this guest!?

The Mövenpick Dilemma

 

The Passengers

The Passengers

The Sunset Over The Marina Tonight…

Just caught the sun as it was going down…

The Sunset Over the Marina Tonight

The Harbourmaster

The Harbourmaster

The Hitchhiker

A third class ride is better than a first class walk (or swim).

The Hitchhiker

The Bird

A spot of wildlife to end the day….

The Bird

The Helmsman

You just can’t beat life on the water….

The Helmsman

The Boat and the Bridge

The Boat and the Bridge

The Wharf

The Wharf

The Old Bridge

Built in 1775!  More details here.

The Old Bridge

The Pusher Tug

A tug that pushes rather than pulls….

The Pusher Tug

The Clouds Over The River Seine

The Clouds Over The River Seine

The Fishing Boat Called Nancy

The Fishing Boat Called Nancy

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Tug

As a former ‘tug man’ I have a real soft spot for tugs….

The Tug

The Arches

The Arches

The Swimmers and the Admirers

The Swimmers and the Admirers

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