15 August 2011 Last updated at 19:00

In Pictures: Northern Ireland photo gallery

Raindrops rolling over a leaf by Conall McCaughey

Danny Healy's sharp eyes found this grouse among the grass

The Dark Hedges near Armoy by Anne Kelly

Gordon McMillen captured this Killough shipwreck

Stags battle for Gosford Park by Charlie Birch

Narrow Water Castle guards the Clanrye River by Andrew Fraser

A speckled wood butterfly having a think taken by Christine Cassidy

Breaking the waves on Ballycastle beach by Eileen Christie

House martins awaiting their mothers return, nesting in a hay shed in Straid, Ballyclare by Christopher McGhee

Paul Campbell took this shot of the Ormeau bridge and its reflection in the Lagan

Northern Ireland