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Club Outing – National Botanical Gardens
On a beautiful June morning upwards of 13 members descended on the National Botanic Gardens with cameras at the ready. They quickly dispersed into small groups, each member seeking out their favourite part of the gardens. Great credit is due to the Botanic gardeners...
Club Outing – Little Terns, Kilcoole
On a sunny Saturday morning on 11th June, 10 OffShoot photographers visited Kilcoole Tern Colony adjacent to the Newcastle Airfield. (One particular member took public transport from Clontarf to Kilcoole. What dedication!) We parked at Kilcoole beach car park and...
Shoot With Me – Spring 2022 Showcase #2
The Spring 2022 Shoot With Me showcase time came and we were happy to be back showing printed images. The showcase was held as a hybrid meeting with some members being in the hall and some joining via video conferencing. Our leaders and groups were extremely inventive...
Club Outing – Kilmacurragh Botanical Gardens
On Tuesday 10th May, 10 members arrived at Kilmacurragh on a beautiful sunny day. The Rhododendron was in full bloom and dappled the gardens with beautiful vivid colours, they also provided some great reflections in the pond. The Dragonflies were not in attendance as...
Club Outing – Bluebells at Killinthomas Wood
On Tuesday 3rd May members of OffShoot were met with a wonderful vista of bluebells immediately upon entering the woods at Killinthomas. A blue carpet on the forest floor- really beautiful - and well worth waiting for! The bluebells danced in the gentle breeze and...
Club Competition – Abstract
On the 25th April the second formal competition for 2022, 'Abstract', was judged by Anne Cassidy. Thanks to all who took part in the Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 categories and to Anne for the detailed and encouraging feedback provided to our members on their images....
Club Outing – Red Kites at Avoca
On Saturday 23rd April over 20 OffShoot members descended on Avoca village to see the Red Kites and take some pictures. Despite the local master victualler Isaac Lett leaving out some meat the Kites kept away and we thought we were in for a disappointing day. However...
Club Outing – Duckett’s Grove and Huntington Castle
On Sunday 3rd April 5 members arrived at Duckett's Grove. We were lucky to have such a lovely sunny day, which really enhanced the adjoining field of Rapeseed. Duckett's Grove is a ruined 19th-century great Georgian country house that was redesigned in a castellated...
Club Outing – Trinity Rugby v Cork Constitution Rugby
On Saturday 5th March, a group of our members met up in Trinity on a gloriously sunny afternoon to catch some action shots at a match between Trinity and Cork Constitution Rugby teams. Trinity won 35-30. It was nice for people to meet face to face again and enjoy the...
Club Outing – Cabinteely Park
Cabinteely Park adjoins our usual haunting ground, well known to some but a revelation for others. A multitude of photographic opportunities abound and members wandered around taking images of whatever took their fancy. The wind was a bit strong and a mantle of clouds...
Club Competition – Mono
On the 14th February the first formal competition for 2022, 'Mono', was judged by Gerry Andrews. Thanks to all who took part in the Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 categories and to Gerry for the feedback provided to our members on their images. Congratulations to all...
Club Outing – Dublin Doors
On Tuesday 8th February the weather was gloomy and damp and light rain was never far away, but 12 members joined in a very sociable walk around Georgian Dublin and adjourned to a coffee house afterwards. The photographic opportunities were abundant even in the dark,...