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Club Outing – GAP Mountain Bikes
On 23rd May, seven members of the OffShoot Photographic Society enjoyed an exciting and rewarding visit to the GAP Glencullen Adventure Park. The objective was to photograph mountain biking action on what turned out to be the first truly hot day of May. The beautiful...
Jean Clarke – LIPF
Congratulations to Jean Clarke for attaining her LIPF Distinction at the March 2026 sitting of the IPF. The panel and images are below.
Club Competition – Mono Open (Printed)
On Monday, 25th May, our third competition for 2026, Mono Open (Printed), was expertly judged by Patrick Donald (https://patrickdonald.com/). The members benefited greatly from his insights on the images shown and discussed. Congratulations and thanks to all who...
David Finnegan – LIPF
Congratulations to David Finnegan for attaining his LIPF Distinction at the May 2026 sitting of the IPF. The panel and images are below. [justified_image_grid ids="90899,90900,90901,90902,90903,90904,90905,90906,90907,90908" orderby=menu_order...
Mike Smith – FIPF
Congratulations to Mike Smith for attaining his FIPF Distinction at the May 2026 sitting of the IPF. Mike Smith - FIPF - May 2026 I’ve always loved horses, their beauty, grace, and strength. I can’t recall when I first saw images of the Camargue horses, but I do know...
Club Outing – National Botanical Gardens, Kilmacurragh
On Saturday, 16th May, two Offshoot members attended the photography outing to the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh. The outing took place under unsettled weather conditions, with an occasional shower throughout the morning. Despite the rain, the changing light...
Club Outing – Bluebells at Killinthomas Woods
On the 5th May, the weather forecast had been a bit uninspiring. But on the day, we were blessed with blue skies and lovely cloud formations. However, we were only interested in the Bluebells! We had a choice of 200 acres and 10km of forest trails all displayed on a...
Club Outing – National Stud and Japanese Gardens
On 25th April, thirteen members of the club arrived at 9.30 am and went to the Gardens coffee shop before starting the day. The weather was very pleasant, warm with some cloud. Everyone then dispersed around the stud looking for the foals and stallions in the outside...
Club Outing – City Walk
With our trip to see the Bluebells looking very unlikely, as they still hadn’t shown their heads by the 7th April, we decided to postpone it for a while and do our City walk instead! Not as inspiring for our Nature lovers but at least the parks, gardens and buildings...
Club Outing – River Birch Hides
Over the Saturday and Sunday of the 18th and 19th April two groups visited the River Birch Hides near Mulligar. On Saturday, five people went, and on Sunday, two people went. The weather on both days was very good, dry and sunny. The visit on both days was spread over...
Club Outing – Sunset at Dun Laoghaire
On Saturday 28th March the sun was due to set just before 19.00 but the weather had been a bit erratic, clouds everywhere, high and low. Then all of a sudden, a suitable percentage of low and high clouds were forecast. It was all go. Six of us met at the pier head, as...
Club Competition – Abstract (Projected)
On Monday, 30th March, our second competition for 2026, Abstract, was expertly judged by Adrian Heindorff. The members benefited greatly from his insights on the images shown and discussed. Congratulations and thanks to all who entered, and in particular to those...