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Name: Club Meeting – Weather and Photography (Evelyn Cusack)
Start: 2019-03-25
End: 2019-03-25
Location: St Brigid's Girls National School

Club Outing – Sunset at Sally Gap

Mar 1, 2019 | Club Outings

Under an almost cloudless sky on a mild and sunny day 7 members gathered on the hillside by a tinkling stream which wound its way inexorably to the...

Club Outing – Huntington Castle, Carlow

Feb 24, 2019 | Club Outings

There was a great turn out for our club outing to Huntington Castle. The Castle was originally built as a defensive garrison in 1625. It was later...

Club Outing – Powerscourt Waterfall

Feb 18, 2019 | Club Outings

A group of about fourteen OffShoot members visited Powerscourt Waterfall. Other than ourselves, visitors were few when we arrived, giving us a...

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What’s On

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

25Mar

Club Meeting – Weather and Photography (Evelyn Cusack)

St Brigid's Girls National School

30Mar

Club Outing – Sunset Light Painting at Tully Graveyard

St Brigid's Girls National School

01Apr

Club Meeting – Judging Photographs (Joe Doyle / Michelle La Grue) / Competition #2 Hand-in

St Brigid's Girls National School

08Apr

Club Meeting – Competition #2 Judging

St Brigid's Girls National School

09Apr

Club Outing – Farmleigh House

Farmleigh House

13Apr

Club Outing – Sunset at Lough Tay

Lough Tay

22Apr

No Meeting due to Easter Monday Bank Holiday

27Apr

Club Outing – Killinthomas Wood

Killinthomas Wood

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The Latest Member’s Photographs on Flickr

For a full selection view Offshoot Flickr Group.

"Blooming Beautiful"
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Black rock, Ballyhoura mountains
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Snow Mounds
Braise, Dolomites

"Perfection"
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a reprocess from Hillsborough
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Weighing scales.
Here's a lady weighing scales in Jianshui, China

Valparola sunset
Dolomites

Milky Way over Val Thorens Panorama
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Woodland Stream
Knocksink Wood, Enniskerry

Milky Way over Val Thorens, France
Made from 6 light frames by Starry Landscape Stacker

St Patricks Day. Painting the Town Green
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Tully Church Colour IR
I'm starting to play around with colour processing IR images, but haven't really got the hang of it yet. Nevertheless, here's Tully Church looking a little unreal. I'm looking forward to having brighter light, so I can reduce the ISO, but I suppose I didn't do too badly to get a comfortably handheld shot on a mostly cloudy early spring day, given that with the 950nm filter, there is effectively no visible light in this one. This was also from the first session where I grabbed a white balance from the grass, rather than setting a colour temperature manually. I don't know how much difference that would have made, given the fairly uniform tones in this one, but I'm hoping it will make colour processing easier in the future, when I have a wider range of input colours. 950nm filter, custom white balance taken from the grass, then just playing with the RGB channel sliders on the original image.

In the forest
Powerscourt

Misty
First edit from a trip to the Lofoten Islands with Explore Light. Great trip, with limited sleep! More to come over the following weeks as I find time for some editing hopefully.

Bushy park pond ~HSS
still searching for the optimum method of IR color processing IMG_0037inv chmix IR

Portumna parade
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"Lakeside Reflections"
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Interior Architecture of the Dublin Convention Centre

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The Umbrella

Walk
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Counting sheep - with a hangover!
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Val Gardena sunset
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Sunrise Derwent Water
In a wet few days I was lucky to get 30 mins of a sunrise before breakfast. During breakfast we had sleet and snow!!

Powerscourt path
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South wall lighthouse, from the ferry
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Competition Winner’s Image Gallery

Red Kite by Matt Dunne

Julian by Rob Hackett

Puffin by Matt Dunne

Lauren by Gavin Ross

When the shopping's over by Sylvia Hick

Sunrise by Robert Acton

Wicklow Lake by Peter Brennan

The Ukulele Lady by Chris Raythorn

A Lazy Summer Afternoon by Sylvia Hick

Laytown Races by Matt Dunne

Winter Light by Helen Black

April Moon by Russell Burke

Greystones Sunrise by Kevin Grace

Clew Bay Sunset by Kevin Grace

Drops of Autumn Colour by Robert Acton

Tree Leaves by Joseph Cunningham

Rocky Stream by Philip McKeever

Killiney Sunrise by David Whitaker

Autumn by Phil Tung

Lonely Tree by Helen Black

Typewriter by Robert Acton

Iced Tulip by Robert Acton

Shadowinga by Liam Haines

Knocksink Woods by Jean Clarke

In Prayer by Robert Hackett

Copenhagen Tower by David Whitaker

Cornwall Leve by Peter Brennan

Autumnal Shades by Joe Tulie

Autumn Colour by Jean Clarke

Swan by Stephen Marshall

In a Mother's Hands by David Sisk

Tofana, Dolomites by John Wiles

Soaking up the Rays by Jean Hartin

Golden Banks by Jean Hartin

Evening Rest by Robert Hackett

Glass Wall by Richard Boyle

The Blacksmith by Tammy Gemmell

Inchcolm Arcade by David Sisk

Evening at Bullock Harbour by Gerry Donovan

Oyster Catcher by Rory Wallace

Lucy Lou Jumping by David Sisk

A home in the City by Sylvia Hick

Shop Window Artist by John Wiles

Inistooshkert by Richard Boyle

Water Abstract by John Wiles

Gondola Zaccharia by Olive Gaughan

Float my Boat by Helen Black

Lake Fence by David Sisk

Summer Feast by Larry Dalton

Autumn Reflections by Mary Hahn

Long Way Home by John Wiles

Stag by Philip McKeever

Coming in to Land by Helen Black

Stones in Beara by Colin Ball

Seapoint Sunrise by Russell Burke

Brant Point Lighthouse by Gerry Moloney

Poseur by Wendy Hannan

Grand Central Terminal, New York by Richard Boyle

Jetty at Sunrise by Ken Dobson

On Golden Pond by Michael McNamara

Blue Hour on the Liffey by Sylvia Hick

Final Stretch by Michael McNamara

Flower by Mike McNamara

Poolbeg Sunrise by Janet Wippell

Fiancée by David Sisk

Dandelion by Liz Roulston

A Moment in Time by Deirdre Irwin

Stepping Stone, Black Valley, County Kerry by Helen Black

Snow fun at Bushy Park by Joe Tulie

Autumn Jewels by Jean Clarke

Dance of the Gannet's by Matt Dunne

Boxed In by Richard Byrne

Lofoten Sunset by Kevin Grace

Temple Bar by John Wiles

Pride Parade by Peter Brennan

Bird of Prey by Andy Quinlan

Full Moon Over Muglins by Russell Burke

Woodland by Jean Hartin

Tojinbo by Janet Wippell

Demoiselle by Robbie O'Leary

Glendalough Morning by Jean Hartin

Coliemore Harbour by Gerry Donovan

Glenmacnass Sunrise by Helen Black

Black Valley Reflections by Helen Black

Misty Lake by Colin Ball

Daffodil by Matt Dunne

'S' for Sandymount by Kevin Grace

Laytown Beach by Mike Smith

Walking on the Wall by Joe Tulie

Morning After by Liz Roulston

Paternal Love by Bob Cobban

The Wolverine Pack by Frank Guilfoyle

Where's Wally by Tammy Gemmell

Temptation by Richard Byrne

Scrutiny by Liz Roulston

Owl by Stephen Marshall

Seals on Monomoy Island by Gerry Moloney

The Wicklow Way by Tammy Gemmell

Sunset by Rory Wallace

Into the Light by Mike McNamara