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Next Monday there will be a presentation on the Camargue

 

 

Get Looking for Reflections for our next Competition

 

 

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

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Next Monday Night – Carmargue

After a very enjoyable evening of looking at each others images, we now focus on next Monday's presentation by Mike Smith on the Carmargue. 

 

As usual, the meeting will be held in St Brigid’s School commencing at 8 pm.

 

IPF National Shield Competition - November 2022

 

Thank you for the 191 images that were submitted for the IPF National Shield Competition. It is greatly appreciated. Thank you. 

 

Next Competition - Reflections

The theme for the next competition is Refections which you can interpret any way you like for example reflections on surfaces, water, windows, puddles, mirrors, metal, shiny objects and wherever your imagination takes you. 

As usual please save your images in  JPEG format and name them with your Level Number, Membership Number and Image Title:

L2-001-Image title.jpg

 
This is a printed competition for Levels 2 and 3 and Projected for Level 1.  Hand-in will be on Monday 7th November November  at the club for the printed images (and on the Dropbox link for projected images)  
 
You can submit up to 2 images.  
 
The link for printing and for the projected images will be sent out over the next few weeks.  
 
The judging will be on Monday 21 November and the judges are Eamonn and Christine from Skerries photography.  Their website is https://skerriesphotography.com
 
We would encourage everyone to participate especially new members, as the feedback from the judges is always useful and informative.
What's On

Here are the next scheduled meetings and events for the Society:

Member's Photo of the Week

For Buck's Sake - Jerome Fennell

Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for the photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society.

There’s also the latest images published on Flickr that are displayed on the OffShoot home page.

[Note. To join the Offshoot Flickr group, you must first be a Flickr member. Then send the email address used to join Flickr to webadmin@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

From the OffShoot Website
Club Outing – Revisit Red Kites at Avoca
On Saturday 10th September thirteen eager photographers turned up in Avoca village at 2.15 pm ready to capture images of Red Kites. The butcher was scheduled to feed the birds…
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Summer Outing – July and August
Over the Summer on a Monday evening, we had an outing. Below is a selection of the images from these outings. The outings were: Street Art Walk in Town A…
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Interesting Videos

If you come across one you want to share let us know at newsletter@offshoot.ie.

Adorama - How to Freeze and Capture Motion Using Flash | Master Your Craft

5 Seconds to Instant Inspiration In Your Photography - The Photographic Eye

IPF Links & Events

Irish Photographic Federation Web Site:

https://irishphoto.ie/

Most recent news and articles posted:

https://irishphoto.ie/news/

Distinction Sittings and Availability:

https://irishphoto.ie/distinctions/assessment-dates/

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can access the recordings of past Zoom meetings from the OffShoot website.

These videos are available in the Videos section of the Member’s Area at https://www.offshoot.ie/member-area/. You will need to log in to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

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