Derek Heeps Photo

Landscape Photographer based in Ballymena County Antrim

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A rather lovely subtle sunset from the Dunes at Castlerock on the North Coast.
Beautiful pink tones on the underside of the clouds reflected into the sea.

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Dramatic light as the sun sets over the Roe Valley as seen from the top of Binevenagh!

I love it when this sort of thing happens. The glory of mother nature!

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Whiterocks Beach , Portrush

I went back on another visit to this location to see if I could get the setting sun closer to the end of the beach and was pleased with the results.

It was a lovely sunset and a pleasure to watch the sun slowly dip down at the end of the day.

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“Gorgeous sunset over the Whiterocks Beach in Portrush tonight!”

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Gorgeous sunset over the Whiterocks Beach in Portrush tonight!

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An hour or 2 in the shadow of Dunluce Castle near Portrush on the Causeway Coast.

Dodging the occasional wave and taking in this most magnificent sight!

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Managed to get Magheracross viewing platform in Portrush to myself for all of 5 minutes during a glorious afterglow shortly after sunset.

It's harder than you think to get the camera lined up correctly with so many lines leading away from the lens!

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Sunset at the Giant's Causeway.

Another from my visit last week. This was the first photo I took that evening and the last I worked on.

Was a lovely evening with a great surge in the Ocean.

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28th March 2025
21.20
Kinbane Head, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

A quick dash out into the dark after having dinner. Standing in the pitch black in what was the most brief photography session certainly brought home the goods.

I was delighted!

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28th March 2025
21.20
Kinbane Head, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

A quick dash out into the dark after having dinner. Standing in the pitch black in what was the most brief photography session certainly brought home the goods.

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Got this shot of an American couple posing on the Giant's Causeway.
I approached them and showed them the photo from the back of my camera and they were amazed.
Ive sent them a copy of the photo as a souvenir of their visit.
My random act of kindness for today!
@NationalTrustNI

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Portrush afterglow

The sun had set and I had packed my stuff away. I went back to the car and started looking through my shots to see what they were like and after 15 minutes happened to look in the rear view mirror and seen this!

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Happy St Patrick's Day

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Sunset from the end of Whiterocks Beach, Portrush

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A view at sunset from the Magheracross viewpoint near Portrush.

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Sunset from the end of the Whiterocks Beach, Portrush

An angle ive wanted to capture for some time. I shall go back again in think as this could be more interesting at different times of the year.

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There is nothing as satisfying as witnessing a glorious moment of nature through the lens at the Giant's Causeway

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A beautiful end to the day at the Causeway @nationaltrust @NationalTrustNI @CausewayCouncil @VisitCauseway @barrabest @WeatherCee @angie_weather @geoff_maskell @bbcweather @BBCNewsNI @coolfm @LoveBallymena @BelfastLive @love_belfast

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@barrabest Is that today's arrivals........today 🤣