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Tramore Beach

Tramore Beach county waterford
Nikon D200, 35mm focal length f2.8 lens, Iso 800
Tramore Beach,
County Waterford

Word list and play:

People, beach, sand, sounds, waves, cars, chips, cans, parking, fun, dogs, running, holes, digging, walking, sitting, looking, sleeping, parents, kids, couples, crying, kicking, ball, boats, boards, paper, bags….

Feel free to add more !

Little Red Tractor

David Brown 990
Nikon d200, nikon 50mm f1.4 lens
The little red David brown
Landscape photography : Nigel Borrington

So we came across this little red tractor on a long days walk in the Lake District National Park sometime back, it was just sitting out side a farmhouse that had also been converted into a tea shop. We had to stop and take in some food and the views along with this little Red Tractor..

Lake district taking in the view

Molly

Molly a portrait
Nikon D200, Nikon 24-85mm lens
Molly

As part of re-designing my website I came across this image of Molly our 10 years old retrieve,I think she was about five at the time…..

I just had to share it…..

Kilkenny landscape photography

Mist on the kings river kilkenny

Nikon D7000, 50mm f1.4 lens, iso 400
Kings river, kilkenny landscape images
Nigel Borrington


Misty Morning on the Kings river…

The Kings River (Irish: Abhainn Rí), flows through South Tipperary and County Kilkenny. It is a tributary of the River Nore.

It has its source in the Slieveardagh Hills in South Tipperary.It has many tributaries of its own.There are three main tributaries that are not named but are the original sources.One started as a spring in the townsland of Ballyphilip.The two remaining tributaries rise in the townsland of Gurteen. It flows southeast from the hills and crosses into County Kilkenny. It is joined by the Munster River before passing through the town of Callan. It continues eastwards from Callan, past Kells and joins the River Nore west of Thomastown.

Last one for today…

I am about to start re-designing my http://www.studio63.ie web site, I need to start thinking about how to rebuild this and my business ideas, who knows what to do at the moment, but here goes anyway!!

Kilkenny landscape images

The old cottage window
Nikon D200, 50mm f1.4 lens, Iso 800
Knockbutton, old cottage window
Kilkenny Landscape photography : Nigel Borrington

I took these shots on a walk around Knockbutton, County Kilkenny, early one Saturday Morning.

I feel that the old Family cottages of County Kilkenny are one of the county’s most striking historic features.

Old Kilkenny home

Old Kilkenny farm house

kilkenny farm house
Nikon D200, 50mm f1.4 lens, Iso 800
Old Knockbutton farm house
Landscape photography by: Nigel Borrington

An old Farm house and yard in Knockbutton,County Kilkenny….

Misty Monday

Misty Monday Mornings
Canon G1x
Landscape photography : Nigel Borrington

Misty Morning

In the misty morning
before the sun begins to rise
the world seems at peace with itself
right before our eyes.
No raised voices
to spoil our waking day,
just a sheltered silence
and the world seems
a million miles away.
In the misty morning
before the sun begins to rise.

David Harris

That Misty Monday feeling, you know you have to get going but that track looks really misty on a Monday morning!

So a poem then !

Sunday evenings

In your mind ……

Sunday evenings
Nikon D200
Foothills of Slievenamon,South Tipperary
Landscape photography : Nigel Borrington

Sunday evenings are my favourite time of the week, your mind should be empty at this stage, stripped down, cleared out and ready to go but not yet !

Great Black backed Gull

GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL 1

The photograph in my last post is of the Saltee Islands, County wexford. You can only visit the island via boat and mostly with a wildlife group or on days when the boat is booked with a good amount of people. The island is a wildlife paradise and a photographers dream, you can find almost any position on the cliff tops to setup your camera and the birds will just come to you. However moving to find the type or group of bird is advisable.

The Saltee Islands has over 220 species of birds, these included images are of the Great black backed Gull.

“GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL
Great Black backed Gulls are the lords of the seabird colonies. They choose the highest vantage points to build their nests. The adults are unmistakable because of their size, jet black wings and mantle, measuring two and a half feet with a five foot wingspan. The massive bill is yellow with an orange spot on the lower mandible. If an intruder approaches the parents call anxiously and the young birds “freeze” in the dense cover and are hard to locate. The parents also will also make low swoops at the intruders head, however they seldom strike. Great Black backed Gulls breed on the island, and are in abundance all year.”

You can only stay on the island for a day as you have to leave on the last boat, this is to protect the environment of the island as birds nest on almost a hundred percent of the ground area and no camping would be possible.

I got some three hundred usable images from this day so will keep posting images along with some information on the wildlife involved….

GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL 2

saltees GREAT BLACK BACKED GULLs