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Rosie Nixon

@rosienixon.com
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Fine art nature photographer based in Co Armagh. I spend my free time shooting intimate landscapes, flowers and birds in the Mourne mountains, Cooley Peninsula & Co Louth coastline in Ireland. www.rosienixon.com

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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 10/12/2025
Heavy charcoal clouds roll over the rusty mountains of Glen Etive. Then every few minutes a shaft of light slips through & softly lights up the mountain slopes. While in the foreground the moss around the little lochan glows almost lime-green. Wild. Bleak. Beautiful Scotland. #landscapephotography
Moody clouds partially covering the mountain summits in Glen Etive in Scotland with the rusty coloured mountain slopes and the little lochan (water/puddle) with bright green moss in the foreground.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 26/11/2025
Just days before our epic autumn road trip to Glencoe & Skye in Scotland, we squeezed in one final trek in the Mourne Mountains. The wind was howling like a beast, but oh, those forest colours were really starting to become much more vibrant! #landscapephotography #northernireland #autumn
A single tree being blown in the wind with brown Bracken below and a colourful autumn forest in the background, then some mountains glowing in the sunshine and a cloudy and blue sky.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 23/10/2025
"🍂 Embracing autumn’s magic in Northern Ireland! Vibrant trees, winding paths, and epic views fuel my soul. 📸 Capturing nature’s beauty keeps me grounded, even on tough days. What about you? 🌄 #AutumnAdventures #NaturePhotography #MourneMountains #LandscapePhotography
A scenic autumn landscape in the Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland, featuring misty mountain summits under a cloudy sky. The foreground displays a winding gravel path through vibrant dead Bracken and trees with red and gold foliage. A solitary, leafless tree stands prominently on the left, with rolling hills and scattered houses visible in the distance.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 08/10/2025
A pre-dawn glow rises behind Hen Mountain, outlining its rugged tors as fog clings just below the summit. While in the foreground, small heather plants with their vibrant purple blooms thrive against the odds in the weathered rock crevices. #MourneMountains #NorthernIreland #photography #Ireland
In the photo is a large rock surrounded by grass and 2 heather plants with purple blooms. In the midground there is fog while in the background there is Hen Mountain with its jagged tors and behind the mountain is a pre dawn yellow glow from the sun rising.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 04/10/2025
A South Armagh golden glow! Taken from Black Mountain, surrounded by gorgeous pink heather, a sunburst peeks through the clouds over the Ring of Gullion, lighting up Jonesborough and Forkhill below. #SouthArmagh #Nature #Photography #RingofGullion #BlackMountain #Ireland
Golden fingers of God sunburst through the clouds illuminating the south armagh countryside below. Slieve Gullion mountain to the right and in the foreground is pink heather and some green conifers.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 27/09/2025
Dawn broke at Rossglass Beach, my landscape camera poised on the tripod pointing towards the Mournes. But a glowing sky elsewhere stole the show. So I grabbed my birding camera and zoomed in on St John’s Lighthouse with its striking yellow and black tower. #sunrise #stjohnspointlighthouse #ireland
A yellow and black painted lighthouse against a yellow sky at sunrise with some much darker clouds on the top of the frame and a shaft of light shining across the grass in front of the lighthouse.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 10/06/2025
A puffin comes into focus out of a hazy swathe of sea thrift flowers. #salteeislands #wexford #ireland #wildlifephotography #fotographie #birds #puffins #photography
An atlantic puffin with its tangerine and yellow beak and black and white feathers emerges from the blurry pink sea thrift flowers.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 09/06/2025
Surrounded by pink sea thrift flowers and bathed in the gentle evening sunlight, our picnic on Great Saltee became an intimate encounter with these adorable wee puffins. #salteeislands #wexford #ireland #wildlifephotography #fotographie #birds
A puffin with its wings open while among the pink blur of sea thrift wildflowers.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 08/06/2025
How many fish can you fit in a beak? …and still dripping wet. Taken yesterday evening in the soft golden evening light on the Saltee Islands off the coast of Wexford, Ireland. #birds #puffins #ireland #fotographie #photography #wildlifephotography
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 26/03/2025
Each feather is carefully attended to... a cormorant preening at Clogherhead in Co Louth yesterday. So good to finally get out again with the camera … can't believe that the last time was back in January. #ireland #photography #fotographie #birds
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 20/02/2025
I've not been taking photos for the past few weeks so haven't been very active here. Sometimes we just need a break from the camera and social media and have a reset. From my archives: this male reed bunting looks like he has a thick woolly scarf around his neck lol #birds #ireland #photography
A reed bunting bird perched on a single stem of dead grass with a blur of dead grass as the bokeh in the background.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 14/02/2025
To tug on one’s heart strings! #photography #fotographie #ladybird #ladybug (From my archives)
A 7 spot ladybird perched on the end of a stem of heart shaped dicentra flowers.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 30/01/2025
There's just something about decaying hydrangea paniculata flowers. They look so attractive even in the middle of winter. “It’s not about life or death, it’s about looking good ..the skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.” ~ Piet Oudolf #flowers #photography #fotographie
A close up photo of a dried up creamed coloured hydrangea flower
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 22/01/2025
Ah, the tyranny of a blue sky for us landscape photographers, but hey, #BirdPhotography gear to the rescue. Even a blue sky has its perks once it comes to the evening sunshine – just look at that golden glow on the Black-tailed Godwits! #photography #wildlifephotography #birds #ireland #fotographie
A black tailed godwit flying across Dundalk Bay in the golden light of the evening sunshine. In the background are the salt marshes. Photo by Rosie Nixon taken January 2025. A black tailed godwit just has landed on the mud at the waters edge. It is illuminated by the evening sunlight. Photo taken by Rosie Nixon in Dundalk Bay, January 2025.A black tailed godwit flying across the water with its wings almost touching the water. The golden glow from the evening sun illuminates its plumage and its reflection in the water. Taken by Rosie Nixon in Dundalk Bay, January 2025.A black tailed godwit preening its feathers as it stands at the waters edge with the evening sunshine illuminating its body. Taken by Rosie Nixon in Dundalk Bay in January 2025.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 18/01/2025
Sandflies? Please. The golden light at Pāuatahanui Inlet was worth every itchy bite. This pied stilt | poaka shot at sunset is proof! #birds #birdphotography #bird #newzealand #wildlife #aotearoa
A black and white wading bird with red legs walking across blue water with golden bokeh orbs in the foreground.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 16/01/2025
Sharing a different image I took of sunrise 2 weeks ago. The striking granite tors crowning Slieve Binnian (747m) in the Mourne mountains stood out boldly against the brightening sky, drawing me to capture the scene. #photography #northernireland #landscapephotography #fotographie
An orange and yellow sky contrasting with the snowy mountains and the fields covered in frost.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 15/01/2025
Today was a lovely day to be out with the camera doing some #birdphotography. There was hardly a breeze in Dundalk Bay & in the late afternoon sunshine we had two playful Redshanks to amuse us. #photography #wildlifephotography #birds #ireland #seabank #castlebellingham #colouth #eire #fotographie
Two playful redshank wading birds splashing up bits of mud as they interact with each other in the late evening sunshine. Photo by Rosie Nixon, taken in Dundalk Bay, Ireland.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 11/01/2025
From my archives: using light painting techniques and a slow shutter speed to create this still life floral image of an Anemone coronaria ‘Bordeaux’ flower. #fotographie #photography #flowerphotography #flower #leavesnbloom
An anemone flower with burgundy petals with brighter lighter stamens in the center. Set against a black velvet background and photographed using a slow shutter speed while painting with light over the flower.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 04/01/2025
This mornings sunrise with the striking collection of granite tors crowning the summit of Slieve Binnian (747m) in the Mourne Mountains in the far distance. #landscapephotography #fotographie #ireland #mournemountains #photography #landscape #northernireland #winter #Eire
In the foreground are the frosty hills of Co Down and in the background are the Mourne Mountains at sunrise. You can see the craggy tors on the summit of Slieve Binnian and part of the mourne wall stretching across the mountains. Photo by Rosie Nixon.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 24/12/2024
The fog enclosed us as we were trying to photograph the last of the heather blooms of the season. Taken along the Hen Mountain trail in the western Mournes while putting our hope & trust in midge repellent as those wee beasties are so aggressive. #ireland #mournemountains #photography #landscape
A rock on the boggy ground with some pink heather growing out of a crack. In the background is Hen mountain just after sunrise almost all shrouded in fog.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 18/12/2024
Another one of my spring dreamy wildflower shots ~ wild garlic. I was almost intoxicated by the strong smell of garlic as I lay on the ground to get this shot as the woodland floor was a mass of white flowers as far as the eye could see. #wildflowers #flowerphotography #leavesnbloom #ireland
A single white garlic stem arising from a mass of flowers on the woodland floor with a cluster of white star shaped flowers on the top of the stem.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 18/12/2024
Occasionally we spot an otter on the Castletown River in Dundalk. #wildlife #dundalk #colouth #ireland #photography
An otter heading towards the water after walking along the river estuary mud. Its mouth is open showing its lower teeth.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 14/12/2024
From the archives: Pretty little white wood anemones that carpet the woodland floor during March and April each year. #wildflowers #nativeflowers #Ireland #Eire #photography #flowerphotography #flowerreport #leavesnbloom
Little white flowers with yellow stamens against a green foreground and background. Taken by Rosie Nixon in Ireland.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 12/12/2024
One from the archives: Sunrise at Annagassan in Co Louth overlooking Dundalk Bay; along with the quaintness of a wee Irish cottage! #landscape #landscapephotography #ireland #sunrise #photography #colouth
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 08/12/2024
One from the early summer archives: A rare sight of a male cuckoo in flight. Photo taken outside Drogheda, along the River Boyne in Co Louth. #cuckoo #birds #irishwildlife #ireland #photography #wildlife #nature
A cuckoo bird in flight against a blue grey sky, in Ireland. 

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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 05/12/2024
Finding beauty in the allium seed heads and appreciating the intricate details that often go unnoticed. ~ This was one of my limited edition fine art images in my 'Say it with flowers' exhibition at Close Gallery, Edinburgh. #beautyindecay #fineart #nature #photography #multipleexposure #seedheads
a multiple exposure that fills the frame with brown decaying allium seed heads with the winter sun illuminating one in particular and turning it more of a golden colour.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 04/12/2024
We were back up at Flagstaff Viewpoint outside Newry this morning to enjoy the best of today's light. There was just a little fog and mist lingering around Slieve Foye in the distance. #landscape #landscapephotography #ireland #nature #sunrise #winter #carlingfordlough #photography #colouth
A lough with mountains on each side and conifers in the foreground. The yellow in the gap between the mountains is the sun before it rises and it has turned the clouds above pinks and magenta colours. The lights of the harbour shine in the pre dawn light while the light illuminates the remains of the summer's heather blooms and rock in the foreground.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 04/12/2024
The setting sun painted the sky with golden colours and cast a warm glow over the Mournes. While the whitewashed pillars with grey capstones and red gate add a nice detail to the foreground. #ireland #photography #mournemountains #northernireland #landscape #sunrise
The orange glow from a sunset with a mountain to the left while in the foreground there are 2 whitewashed pillars with grey topping stones and a red gate into a field which is illuminated by the evening sunlight.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 30/11/2024
In the sunlight the poppies paper thin petals are almost translucent as they seem to dance in the breeze, swaying & swirling like a flamenco dancer. Taken with a Helios 44-2 58mm F2 lens. #helios #vintagelens #nature #naturephotography #flowerphotography #leavesnbloom #flowerreport #photography
Two orange poppies with the sunlight illuminating through the petals. In one the petals are opening wide and you can see the stamens through the petals.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 28/11/2024
The pre dawn sky erupted in a blaze of colour this morning at Flagstaff Viewpoint, outside Newry. But by sunrise at 08.17am the wind was howling, all the dramatic colours & frost had gone as the cloud rolled in. #landscape #landscapephotography #ireland #nature #sunrise #autumn #carlingfordlough
A lough with mountains on each side and conifers in the foreground. The yellow in the gap between the mountains is the sun before it rises and it has turned the clouds above pinks and magenta colours. The lights of the harbour shine in the pre dawn light and the frosty trees and fields line each side of the lough.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 28/11/2024
Warrenpoint Big Wood became a winter canvas this morning. The ice crystals formed a fragile, ethereal lacework on the bare branches contrasting with the evergreen conifers, the remaining beech tree leaves & golden larches. #intimatelandscape #ireland #photography #landscape #naturenotes #landscape
An image full of different types of trees in a wood. The bare branches from the silver birch have a hue of purple while there are pockets of autumnal colour from the remaining orange leaves on the beech trees, the green conical conifers and yellow larch. All covered in a layer of frost to show off the intricate patterns and shapes of the tree branches.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 27/11/2024
One from Spring ~ At the Big Wood, Warrenpoint in Co Down. The bluebells carpet the woodland floor into a sea of blue, stretching as far as the eye can see. #wildflowers #photography #woodlandphotography #intimatelandscape #ireland #northernireland #eire #bluebells #spring #flowerphotography
A single stem with a cluster of bluebell flowers nodding with only one in focus showing its yellow stamens. Taken using a shallow depth of field to turn the surrounding bluebells into a blur of blue.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 27/11/2024
My archives for the last 3 years are mostly bird photos from around the island of #ireland & #ukbirds as I've spent most of my free time introducing my kiwi spouse to northern hemisphere #birds. This is a #greyplover (a winter visitor from Siberia) feeding during sunset in Dundalk Bay. #photography
A grey plover wading in the shallow water as the tide is going out. It has been feeding and the golden light from sunset is illuminating its body as well as the sand, water and seaweed.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 25/11/2024
Another autumn image from Ravensdale in Co Louth. It’s as if the trees seem to close in, their gnarled branches reaching out like skeletal fingers touching the hedge on the other side of the road. #naturenotes #ireland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography
A road lined with beech trees. It’s autumn and the leaves are yellows and oranges while bronze leaves line the road as it vanishes way into the distance.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 23/11/2024
Autumn is gradually fading in the Big Wood near Warrenpoint, Co Down. I enjoy capturing smaller scenes within a larger landscape & the golden light at sunrise accentuated the beauty of these trees as seen from a distance. #ireland #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #intimatelandscape
An image full of trees. In the middle are some evergreen conifers, golden larches and orange coloured beech trees. Surrounding the trees are the bare branches from other deciduous trees. The sunlight illuminates those bare structures and they frame the coloured trees in the centre of the image.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 22/11/2024
Nothing quite like standing out from the crowd! ~ Rosebay willowherb #flowerphotography #leavesnbloom #flowers #nature #photography #floralfriday #wildflowers #flowerreport
A pink wildflower [Rosebay willowherb] with red stems growing through masses of pale coloured grasses
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 22/11/2024
The waters surrounding Greenore harbour in Carlingford lough shimmered like gold yesterday morning as the sun cast a golden hue over everything it touched in a dazzling display. #naturenotes #ireland #landcape #intimatelandscape #colouth #photography #greenore #landscapephotography #carlingfordlough
Harbour with cranes in the distance with the sun turning the water and buildings gold
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 21/11/2024
We were up at Flagstaff Viewpoint outside Newry this morning. Unfortunately there was too much cloud on the horizon line but we waited for the sun to rise a little higher and it burst into light once it reached a gap in the clouds. #landscape #landscapephotography #ireland #nature #sunrise #autumn
A sunburst in the middle of the lough at sunrise lights up the water. The clouds above were shades of yellow while the mountains on both sides are shrouded in mist. In the foreground is a row of evergreen conifers.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 20/11/2024
I specialize in #intimatelandscapes, photographing the smaller details, habitats & environments of nature. The main road between Dundalk & Carrickdale Hotel, Co Louth outside Newry runs through the middle of these trees - left to right! #landscapephotography #ireland #nature #photography #autumn
An image just full of different types of trees and colour in autumn. One tree in the middle stands out from the rest.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 19/11/2024
As the sun filtered through the beech trees it bathed these leaves in this ethereal glow. I love to shoot with a shallow depth of field to create dreamy images like this. #autumn #naturephotography #photography #nature #fotographie #ireland #ravensdaleforest #colouth #leavesnbloom
Orange blurry bokeh surrounds a single beech leaf in the centre of the image illuminated by the light.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 18/11/2024
Away from the honeypot locations at Tollymore forest park you can find some lovely shots along the pathways. Sometimes the sun even shines and you get pockets of light ahead that give an ethereal glow ahead. #landscapephotography #ireland #nature #photography #autumn #northernireland
A path in the forest with tall tree trunks at each side. There is a pocket of light in the distance ahead and it makes the yellow autumn coloured leaves in the background light up and glow. The light also softly touché some of the green germs at the sides of the path. While the path is covered in orange coloured beech leaves.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 17/11/2024
Strolling through a garden as the sun begins to set is the absolute best as the warm, golden light casts a beautiful glow on everything. Backlit Clematis viticella 'Etoile Violette' shot with a vintage Helios 44-2 58mm F2 lens. #helios #vintagelens #nature #leavesnbloom #flowerreport #photography
A single clematis flower backlit from the setting sun which has illuminated the flower and shows off the detail in the petals. This shot has been taken with a vintage lens and the orbs of light in the background swirl around the flower and frame it nicely.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 16/11/2024
I embrace the mortality and flowers past their prime, and when the winter light illuminates these geranium seed heads they come to life again. Taken with a vintage Helios-44-2 58mm F2 lens. I love this lens for its iconic bokeh #beautyindecay #helios #vintagelens #nature #naturephotography #autumn
Rib lighting showing off the fine hairs on the geranium seedheads. The swirly bokeh is created by using a vintage film lens on a DSLR using a special adaptor.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 15/11/2024
I love anemone flowers wild & cultivated as I find them so photogenic. This image was included in my 'Say it With Flowers' solo exhibition in Edinburgh a few years ago at one of the only photographic galleries in Scotland. #flowerphotography #leavesnbloom #flowers #nature #photography #floralfriday
purple anemone flower macro showing the detail in the centre of the flower
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 15/11/2024
We had just finished taking sunrise photos from Flagstaff Viewpoint and were just sitting enjoying the heat of the sun. When suddenly a cock pheasant appeared on the wall. He didn't see us & we managed to get a few shots of him before he realised he was being watched. #birds #ireland #photography
A cock pheasant with its feathers illuminated, standing on a stone wall in the morning sunlight.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 15/11/2024
I would love to be added Glen. I’m based in Ireland and so landscape and wildlife/nature photography and only post photos on my profile or reposts from other photographers on here.
Stepping stones across a river in a forest in autumn with slow blurry water running through them. Bronze autumn leaves all over the ground and trees above with autumn colours.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 15/11/2024
An autumnal view of Foley’s Bridge at Tollymore Forest Park in Newcastle, Co Down. Photographers come from all over Ireland to photograph this bridge in Autumn & we were delighted to meet up with some from Wicklow and Killarney on Monday. #landscape #landscapephotography #autumn #ireland #tollymore
A little curved bridge on middle of image. A river runs through and you can see the rocks below the water. The trees above have autumn golds and bronze orange beech leaves cover the ground and rocks.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 14/11/2024
Co Louth is our 'playground' for bird photography and we visit Baltray Bay often. It's a marked Special Protection Area which is fenced off during spring and summer to protect the ground nesting birds such as this skylark. #nature #naturephotography #ireland #skylark #wildlife #birds #Ornithology
A skylark in flight with its beak full of insects
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 14/11/2024
Walking in the woods in autumn is a reminder of the fleeting nature of time. It's a season of rapid change and what you see one day is never the same the next. #landscape #landscapephotography #ireland #tollymoreforestpark #autumn #nature #naturephotography #naturewriters #woodlandphotography
A path in the woods covered in dead bronze coloured leaves. There is a glow of light illuminating the path through the tall tree trunks. One of the tree trunks to the right is covered in green moss while the path is lined in large ferns. In the middle of the image the leaves are orange and bronze and capture the light.
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Rosie Nixon @rosienixon.com · 13/11/2024
What an absolute treat to photograph this Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica. The light was just perfect to show off its amazing iridescent colours & those long tail streamers. Taken at Annagassan harbour in Co Louth, April 2023. #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ireland #nature #naturephotography
A barn swallow perched on the thick rope used to moor a fishing boat. The sunlight is illuminating its iridescent colours and you can see a profile of its long thin tail streamers.
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