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National Tree week 2012.
National Tree week Kilkenny : Nigel Borrington 2012
National Tree week this year is from the 4th to the 10th of March and I am currently making some plans to hold an exhibition of Woodland images during this week.
Kilkenny Woodlands exhibition : Nigel Borrington 2012
Kilkenny woodlands : Nigel Borrington 2012
About National Tree Week 2012
National Tree Week is an annual, week-long festival celebrating all positive aspects of trees in our lives and environment. It is organised by the Tree Council of Ireland.
National Tree Week takes place from 4-10 March 2012. The theme is ‘Trees – Our Past, Our Present, Our Future’. During National Tree Week, as well as prompting people to plant more trees, we are asking people to celebrate our remarkable heritage of trees and woodlands and to recognise the significance of trees and forests as a living link to our past, as an enjoyable, life-enhancing asset in the present, and as a wise investment in our future.
National tree week 2012
National Tree Week is an opportune chance for Tree Council member organisations, local authorities, tidy towns and community groups, schools, families and many others all over Ireland to do something positive for their local landscape. By setting up events for National Tree Week within your community or organisation, you can inspire people, young and old, to get out into the fresh air and together plant thousands of trees. It is great fun too – even on a wet blustery day, the thrill of going out and getting your hands dirty, something many of us don’t do often enough, is really rewarding and satisfying whether you are planting one tree or a hundred.
National tree week : Nigel Borrington
One of the main projects of National Tree Week 2012 is the distribution of over 15,000 trees, sponsored by Coillte, and distributed by local authorities throughout the country to local community groups and schools for planting during and around National Tree Week. If your school or community group would like to receive some of these trees for planting during National Tree Week, contact your local County or City Council.
National Tree week 2012 : Nigel Borrington
I will keep you updated
Nigel
Kilkenny Landscape Photography
Evening View from Tullghought, Co.Kilkenny
An images taken yesterday evening, the view from the viewing tower above Tullaghought, Co Kilkenny
Nikon D7000
Kilkenny landscape photography : Nigel Borrington
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Christmas day, line of trees, Co.Kilkenny
A Christmas day post, I took this image on a morning walk during the week, so Happy Christmas day to all!
Nigel
Midwinter: The Birth of the Sun
Midwinter: The Birth of the Sun
Midwinter marks the shortest day of the year, and marks the darkest, coldest part of winter, when the sun appears to be at its weakest. The decline of the sun is often accompanied by careful vigils and the lighting of fires and candles to encourage the return of the sun’s strength.
Christmas, of course, predates European Christianity. Curiously, however, it shares a similar origin to later festivals, as it was quite deliberately instituted to compete with pagan solar nativities celebrated in Rome during the earliest years of Christianity. The first versions of the Christian observance of the birth of Christ were offered as an alternative celebration to the boisterous ruckus of the Saturnalia. Many of the customs we associate with Christmas in fact originated with the Saturnalia celebrations, and European Christians often shunned the holiday as a pagan remnant. The Celtic (and Norse) pagan contributions to the holiday include mistletoe and even Christmas trees.
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Landscape Photography of Kilkenny, The Gate, Nigel Borrington
Solo Image, Taken at Windgap, Co Kilkenny.
Kilkenny Landscape photography by : Nigel Borrington
Kilkenny Landscape Photography
The Grave of Thomas Darcy, Kells priory, Co.Kilkenny
Thomas Darcy's, Gravestone, Kells Priory, Co Kilkenny : Nigel Borrington
Reads:
“Erected by, Mary Morrissey in memory of her Father THOMAS DARCY, who died March 29th 1889 aged 58 – also her brother JAMES who died MARCH 29th 1912 aged 36 years and her beloved Mother who died Feb 23rd 1913 aged 76 years and her sister who died young.”
All of them lie almost forgotten, even their headstone has fallen. Maybe one day someone will return to place it upright again.
Grave of Thomas Darcy : Nigel Borrington
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Over exposure
Brandon Hill Kilkenny, highkey Image : Nigel Borrington
Brandon Hill Kilkenny is some 515m in hight and offers great views of north east Kilkenny.
This image just like the last one from Brandon hill, was taken in order to experiment with creating an image with as much detail removed as possible. This time however I am using over exposure in order to create a high key image. High key is the introduction of as much bright light into the images as possible thus removing unwanted details.
In pure terms this is overexposure, but used with an effect in mind, In this image its to remove any of the landscape detail behind the trees from about halfway up the image. This helps to make the trees the main feature in this photograph.
I am happy to a point with this image and the effect is interesting, I am going to keep working on compositions that better match. I think if the trees could be placed alone the horizon next time it would be an improvement.
Brandon Hill, Co. Kilkenny
brandon hill Kilkenny, Nigel Borrington
Friday 21st of October, The Weather forecast for the weekend was not good so I took the afternoon off and walked to the top of Brandon Hill, Co.Kilkenny.
On the way up it occurred to me just how little detail an image needs, yet it can still be of great interest to the viewer. I am going to keep exploring this but I think its to do with contrast and the simple layers that make-up the picture.
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Winter Weather 2010 : Nigel Borrington
Solo Images, By Kilkenny Landscape Photographer: Nigel Borrington.
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Kings River in Motion, Nigel Borrington
Kilkenny Landscape Photography : Nigel Borrington
Bridge St Callan, Kilkenny
Bridge St Callan, County Kilkenny Nigel Borrington
Bridge Street, Callan, Kilkenny
To me Bridge St, Callan, Kilkenny – as it moves its way across the kings river, is one of the most amazing streets in Kilkenny, So much could be done with this small street, yet it has Remained the same for so long.
Over the Years some people have had a go at bringing the street up-to date, However most have failed leaving their remains behind, i.e. At Least one Ghost Estate and Empty Businesses. However the reason I like Bridge St so much is that again and again It has resisted and returned to its original condition.
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Castlecomer discovery park – Co Kilkenny
castlecomer Discovery park, woodland walks and fishing lakes
Explore Woodlands & Lake fishing in Castlecomer
Castlecomer Discovery Park grounds consist of 30 hectares (80 acres) of mixed woodland on the banks of the River Deen which were once part of the old Wandesforde Estate.
There are 6km of themed woodland walks centred on our two rainbow trout angling lakes.
The three main walking routes are colour coded and signposted and there are also a number of interconnecting paths.
The woodlands also play host to a number of wooden sculptures.
These were created on-site in September 1999 by a number of Irish and International artists working with the natural materials of the area.
Castlecomer Discovery park, Sculpture - Nigel Borrington
Twelve sculptures were created within the woodland, designed to blend in with and complement their surroundings and five of these now remain. They can be found scattered throughout the woodlands.
A stone sculpture located in the parkland beside the river is a replica of a culm grinder, which would have been used to grind coal dust to a fine powder.
Picnic tables are located in the parkland by the river’s edge close to the car park and children’s playground and there are also a number of more secluded picnic spots located along the woodland walks
Ref : Castlecomer Discovery park
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Coolagh
Coolagh Kilkenny, Nigel Borrington
This image was taken early on an October morning last year, this time of day on foggy morning can produce some fantastic light!
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Suir valley from Tullahought - Kilkenny landscape photography : Nigel Borrington
An Images of the Suir Valley form the Viewing tower at Tullahought, Co Kilkenny
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Kilkenny photography 17th Sep 2011
So then its back to Kilkenny and today feels very much like the end of the summer season, 10c this evening and the weather was great for some images. Its my first full weekend home after my summer holidays, these images are posted right out of the camera as I felt like I needed to get some local work covered right away!
Good, I am home and I have some new Landscape work within hours!
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