Competition Programme (2020)
Competitions
All competition entries during the COVID-19 times are Projected Competitions.
Submission Options for Projected Competition
Name your images in the format ‘Entry Level’ – ‘Membership No’ – ‘Image Title’ e.g. ‘L1 – 101 – My Image.jpg’.
Then upload the images via Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/request/tuB7DLwSrwm7UKwacHSr.
If you have any queries send an email to competition@offshoot.ie and as ever we’ll do our best to help.
Competition Themes & Dates
March – Competition #2
- Level 1, 2 & 3 – ‘The Natural World’
22nd March – Submission Hand-In
29th March – Judging
‘The Natural World’ – To encompass landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, spacescapes, flowers, plants, trees, animals with hoofs, horns, fur, feathers, scales, creatures with two legs, four legs, six legs, no legs….wings, fins….mushrooms…am I painting the picture? Are you taking the photographs?
Keep an eye out for some Monday night presentations which might be particularly relevant, such as Cherry Larcombe on flowers.
So, get shooting what comes naturally.
Recent Competitions Results
Competition – People (2014)
The first formal competition in 2014 was judged on the 3rd March by Paul Stanley (http://www.dublincameraclub.ie/membergallery/paul-stanley) from the Dublin Camera Club. Paul provided feedback on all entered images and was very clear in his explanations for how...
Competition – Architecture
The sixth formal competition for 2013 was judged on the 2nd December by Donal Murphy MQEP. Donal is an internationally renowned Architecture Photographer and holds the very rare Master Qualified European Photographer in Architecture distinction and so we were all a...
Competition – Long Exposure
The fifth formal competition for 2013 was judged on the 4th November by Helen Hanafin AIPF. Helen is a member of Dublin Camera Club and based her A Distinction panel on seascapes and many of her shots used a long exposure approach. The theme of this competition was...
Competition – Mono (2013)
The fourth formal competition for 2013 was judged on the 7th October by Ciara Drennan AIPF The theme of this competition was Mono and the entries were so strong there was nothing black and white about the judges decision making ... Ciara is a member of Portlaois...
Competition – Animal
The third formal competition for 2013 was judged on the 24th May by Darragh Sherwin The theme was - Animal - so members had a wide topic to draw their entries from. Darragh is a former Chairperson of Offshoot and is well known for his own bird shots - so he is...
Competition – Open #1 (2013)
The second formal competition for 2013 was judged on the 13th May by Denis O'Donovan. The theme was - Open - so members had a full range of options for genre and subject matter. We had 37 entries overall with 14 in the Beginner group and 23 in the Intermediate group....