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Dzogchen Beara, Retreat Centre, Beara Peninsula, West Cork

Dzogchen Retreat center, Beara Peninsula” title=”Dzogchen Beara
Landscape Photography : Nigel Borrington

The last time I visited Allihies in West Cork someone Suggested calling into the Dzogchen centre. Its located on the south side of the Beara Peninsula and as you can see, it is located in one of the most peaceful locations in Ireland, I was a great place to produce some landscape images and a fascinating centre to visit.

One day soon I may stay for a little longer?

About

“Dzogchen Beara is a long-term retreat centre for Rigpa, and is registered as a Charitable Trust in Ireland. Sogyal Rinpoche is the spiritual director of Dzogchen Beara.

The Centre is situated on the wild and beautiful Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland, and sits high on cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with breathtaking views of sea and sky. Many Tibetan masters, and almost everyone who visits, comment on the extraordinary qualities of Dzogchen Beara – its beautiful natural environment and atmosphere of profound peace which comes from deep spiritual practice. We welcome everyone, from all walks of life and of any faith or none, and offer many different ways to visit Dzogchen Beara. ”

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Posted by nigel borrington | July 10, 2014 | Categories: Gallery, Landscape, Nigel Borrington, Solo images, Travel Locations | Tags: Beara Peninsula, Beara Retreat Centre, Buddhist teacher, Dzogchen Beara, Irish Landscapes, Irish photography, Nigel Borrington, Rigpa, Sogyal Rinpoche | 6 Comments

What grows on the old bridge at Ennisnag.

What grows on the bridge at Ennisnag, county Kilkenny
Nature and Landscape Photography : Nigel Borrington

What grows on the old bridge at Ennisnag.

Early yesterday evening while out Walking molly , our Golden retriever I crossed the old bridge at Ennisnag, county Kilkenny, the foot path goes down along side the kings river, below the bridge and looking up I noticed lots of herbs and plants growing out of the stone work.

The Sun was lighting these plants and they look fantastic with this light behind them.

These plants included (Herb Robert, wild Blackberry and Dandelion)

On the old bridge at Ennisnag, Gallery

Posted by nigel borrington | July 10, 2014 | Categories: Gallery, Irish rivers, Kilkenny Landscape images, kilkenny photography, Landscape, Nature and Wildlife, Nigel Borrington | Tags: Blackberry, Dandelion, Ennisnag, fujifilm x100s, herb robert, Irish photography, Kilkenny, Kings river kilkenny, Nature and Landscape Photography, Nature photography, Nigel Borringon, sun light | 8 Comments

My secret Spot on Newtown beach.

My secret spot, somewhere near Newtown , County Waterford
Landscape photogrpahy : Nigel Borrington

My Secret spot

To a few I showed my secret Spot,
To many I reveal it is on The Beach,
In Waterford, still without my help,
none may find, because its called mine,
My hidden Newtown Beach Spot

Its open, its free, its peaceful and protected
All can find, all can see, but beyond the vision,
belongs to me, My Secret Loved Spot,
On the Beach, in Newtown…

A friend I call to Show my Paradise,
and share the secret rooted
inside my heart, with all my soul,
My loved Newtown Beach
Blessed, and so dear to me!

Posted by nigel borrington | July 9, 2014 | Categories: Forgotten places, Landscape, Poetry Gallery, Travel Locations | Tags: beach caves, beach images, beach poems, coves, Irish landscape photography, Landscape Photography, Newtown, Nigel Borrington, poems, relaxing locations, secret spot, Waterford | 11 Comments

Number 33 – Mother and foal competition, Iverk show, County Kilkenny

Number 33 – Mother and foal competition, Iverk show, County Kilkenny.
Photography : Nigel Borrington

Number 33 – Entering the mother and foal competition, Iverk show, County Kilkenny

I took these two portraits during the great, Mother and foal competition at the Iverk show, county Kilkenny.

Posted by nigel borrington | July 8, 2014 | Categories: events photography, Gallery, Nature and Wildlife | Tags: events photography, foals, Horses, Ireland, Irish country shows, Iverk show, Kilkenny, mother and foal, nigel borington | Leave a comment

Over the Jump, Iverk show , County Kilkenny

Over the Jump, Iverk Show, county KIlkenny
Phorography : Nigel Borrington

Iverk show , County Kilkenny

The Iverk Show is held each year at Piltown, county Kilkenny.

It is one of Ireland’s biggest country shows with many product displays and farming competitions including Horses, dogs and livestock.

The Images below were taken during the show jumping, it was great fun to watch and get some action pictures as the weather was just perfect being warm and sunny.

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Posted by nigel borrington | July 8, 2014 | Categories: events photography, Gallery, Nigel Borrington, Travel Locations | Tags: country shows, county Kilkenny, events photography, Horses, Ireland, irish events, Iverk, Iverk show, Kilkenny, Nigel Borrington, piltown, show jumping | 2 Comments

Still life Painting – The Sheeps Skull (Photography and Painting)

Still life Painting – The Sheeps Skull
Acrylic painting : Nigel Borrington

The Sheep’s Skull (Using Photography when Painting)

Even though most of my work on my Blog is Photographic, I still paint using Acrylic paints on canvas that I stretch and mount to the size I need.

When preparing to paint a still life like the sheep’s head and oil lamp in this painting, I will take some photo’s of the objects first. This help with getting to do a full study of the items selected, here in the photos I could clearly see all the texture of the skull and how its is made up of smaller sections of bone.

You can see all the texture in the bone and how light falls on to it, the oil lamp was photographed separately, I felt that these two item contrasted very well with each other, the gold colour of the brass lamp and bleached white of the bone.

Painting – Source photographs

Posted by nigel borrington | July 7, 2014 | Categories: Art and craft work, Nature and Wildlife, Nigel Borrington | Tags: Acrylic painting, Acrylic paints, art, Nigel Borrington, painting, Painting processes, photography in painting, Sheeps skull, Still life Painting | 15 Comments

Finding art in nature, natural compositions.

Natural compositions, Lichen and rock
Photography : Nigel Borrington

Finding art in nature, natural compositions

I am a strong believer that nature itself is an artist and that all artists are doing really is to seek out and highlight to other people what elements of our natural surroundings interests themselves the most.

I took sometime away from my Blog this weekend and had an almost technology free time, walking and relaxing and just taking time to look and take in some new locations and subjects.

I took a walk through one of our local forests here in County Kilkenny and while taking a rest for a moment I noticed some Lichen formations on the rocks around me. These rocks themselves had amazing colours from the mixed amount of Minerals that they contained, the Lichen which dies back in the summer months had left some very interesting patterns.

I feel the resulting images are worth sharing as I liked very much the colours and textures produced on this rock surface, I also liked the compositions that could be found while moving the camera around the these Lichens.

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Posted by nigel borrington | July 7, 2014 | Categories: Art and craft work, Gallery, irish woodlands, Landscape, Nature and Wildlife, Nigel Borrington | Tags: art projects, artistic compositions, artistsic sources, colors, Lichen, Natural art, natural colour, Nature, Nature photography, Nigel Borrington, Rock Minerals | 13 Comments

Peoples Art, Dublin 2014

Peoples Art, St, Stephens Green, Dublin
Dublin Street Photography : Nigel Borrington

About Peoples Art

At least once a year I try to visit the Peoples art exhibition and sale at St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin , this is a great day for an art lover as its one of the biggest open air art displays in Europe.

The images posted here are all taken on a very warm summers afternoon and I got lots of great images of the artists and their work along with getting to see some great painting and drawings from Landscapes to portraits.

Official information

People’s Art Dublin is a voluntary, part time, non profit making group, brought together by Dublin City Council to promote the visual arts to the public of Dublin. Each year after expenses are paid, donations are made to various charities.

The co-operation and assistance of Dublin City Council and The Office of Public Works ( OPW ) , which makes these events possible, is gratefully acknowledged by all the artists involved.

Any artist can apply to exhibit but there are some rules that apply, it costs each artist just €25.

Peoples art web site

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Posted by nigel borrington | July 4, 2014 | Categories: Cityscape, Gallery, Nigel Borrington, street photography, Travel Locations | Tags: art, Art Dublin, art sales, artists, drawings, Dublin, Dublin City Council, fujifilm X100, irish art, Nigel Borrington, paintings, Peoples art, St. Stephen's Green, Stephens Green, Street photography | 10 Comments

Hairy Wood Ants (Formica lugubris) , Irish woodland wildlife.

Hairy Wood Ants( Formica lugubris)
Wildlife and Nature photography : Nigel Borrington

Hairy Wood Ants (Formica lugubris) photographic project

Recently I been involved working on a project around Ireland to photograph nests of Irish Wood Ants, this has been one of the most interesting photo project I have ever worked on.

These Ants are on the international endangered species list and exist in locations that are kept reasonably private, just to find and get to see these nests themselves is a task and an amazing feeling.

When you get closer to the nests for the first time you will notice just how large they are (3 feet off the ground) and how many Ants that each colony contains, each nest can hold tens of thousands of Ants, the entire surface of the nest is on the move with Ants coming and going from small entrance holes. This flow of movement is 24 hours long during the months that the Ants are active.

They create a clear trail through the woods as they clear a path, travelling both outwards from the nest and returning again with food for the Queen Ant living deep in the ground under the nest itself.

It is thought she lives in a protected area some two meters underground.

In order to protect themselves and nest with its queen, they can shoot out acid some four feet from their bodies.

I will be working on this project most of this summer and look forward to each return, watching these wonderful Wood Ants is an amazing experience and working around them with a camera is great fun.

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