Kite Festival at Mussenden Temple

 

It was a perfect breezy day for the Kite Festival at Mussenden Temple, a National Trust property between Castlerock and Downhill in N Ireland

The Arcadia, Portrush

The Arcadia in Portrush was built in the 1920’s and over the years has been a tea room, cafe, ballroom and concert venue. Great to see it still in use – as a coffee shop and art gallery.

Taken with ProCamera
Edited in SnapSeed
Slight filter added with Pic Tap Go app

Felting Workshop with Felt Makers North

I created this collage using the DipTic app.

Using a collage is a great way to document the various stages of this hand felting project which took place over 2 days in Hillsborough, Co Down. Nicola Brown was our tutor and demonstrated lots of patience as well as enthusiasm for hand felting.

 

 

Hillsborough Parish Church, Co Down, N Ireland

Whilst in Hillsborough today I used the ProHDR app to take this photo with my iphone.

This church is beautiful whatever the weather or the season!

Gracehill Moravian Village, Co Antrim, N Ireland

Was passing Gracehill today and stopped (in heavy rain) to take a few photos. I went to primary school here and didn’t appreciate the beauty of such an historic village at the time. Church built in 1759.

Photo collage created with Diptic

Purple and Green in the Garden Centre

Sometime something catches my eye to photograph when I’m not even looking for it …… and the beauty of the iPhone is that it is always with me.

This arrangement of plants, flowers and garden ornaments was so pretty it just had to be captured.

Minimal editing and cropping in SnapSeed

Building Forts and Making Memories

The perfect way to spend a wet summer’s afternoon.

Taken and cropped with ProCamera
Not edited in any other way

White Park Bay cattle on the beach

These cattle are obviously well used to sharing the beach – you just need to watch your step!

Taken with Pro Camera App
Edited in SnapSeed

Ballintoy at dusk

Taken in iPhone 5 using ProCamera app.
Straightened and edited slightly with Snapseed
Text added with Over app
Subtle filter added with Pic Tap Go app

For comparison, here is the original photo from my iPhone before “tweaking”

Local Colour in Bushmills

Some local colour from Main St, Bushmills