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Club Competition – Best of 2019 (Projected)
On 2nd February 2020 the 1st formal competition for 2020, 'Best of 2019', was judged by Iñaki Hernández-Lasa. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Iñaki for an informative evening and great feedback to the members. Many thanks for all the entries in the...
Club Outing – Howth Sunset
While Howth may be a wonderful sunset location in Summer, it is not so in Winter! Having checked out the area above the Bailey Lighthouse recently and discovered that it was unsuitable for a winter sunset shoot, we decided the harbour was a better bet! However, at the...
Club Outing – Nature Reserve Newcastle
The Nature Reserve in Newcastle was an eye-opener to many of the fourteen Offshoot members who participated in Saturday's outing. Robbie O'Leary gave us an excellent short guided tour before we all went our separate ways to try our hand at capturing some of the...
Club Outing – Glendalough at Sunrise
Sunday morning (12th Jan) in Glendalough was definitely better than the Saturday but unfortunately the sun did not show up until much later in the day! There were more than 14 members present. We all got photographs of the Upper Lake from a variety of angles which...
Club Outing – Dublin Reflections
Five club members met outside Brown Thomas at 3.00pm yesterday. It was a lovely mild day but dull initially. Within the hour however the light improved and gradually led to a spectacular sunset! The theme of the outing was kept secret until the day of the outing. The...
Club Outing – Xmas Lights Dublin
Four members met outside TCD last Saturday night to photograph the Christmas lights and there were plenty of those. Unfortunately there was also plenty of traffic and shoppers! The lightshow at Trinity was lovely and the traffic offered opportunities for light trails....
Club Outing – Collins Barracks
Nine of us went to Collins Barracks to view the Photography exhibition entitled 'Ireland in Focus: Photographing the 1950's'. The Paris-based Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson loaned over fifty images to the National Museum of Ireland for the exhibition. Many of the...
Club Competition – People Projected & Printed
On 18th November the 5th formal competition for 2019, 'People', was judged by Sheena Griffin a former member of OffShoot. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Sheena for an informative evening. Many thanks for all the entries in the Level 1, Level 2 and...
Club Outing – The Baily Lighthouse
On Saturday 23rd November 10 of OffShoot members arrived at the Howth summit on a very wet windy cold morning and as if miraculously the rain stopped especially for our outing. We met our guide Frank who showed us some viewing points over the lighthouse and told us...
1st Place for OffShoot in the IPF National Shield 2019
On 17th November the judging of the IPF National Shield competition was held in Kilkenny. The competition was hosted by Kilkenny Photographic Society at the Hotel Kilkenny. We placed 9th in the Mono section with 180 points which was 15 points behind Raheny Camera Club...
Club Outing – Malahide Castle and Gardens
Six of us went to Malahide Castle on Tuesday 12th November and were lucky enough to get beautiful weather. The butterfly house was a little disappointing as there were very few butterflies to be seen. Having said that, one of our members had multiple butterflies...
Club Outing – Mount Usher Gardens
Despite the threat of wind and rain, eleven members arrived for the outing to Mount Usher on Saturday 9th November - the draw being some lovely autumn colours and we were not disappointed! An added bonus was that while it was cold and windy we had an almost completely...
Club Outings – Cloghlea Woods
A small group of us arrived at the beautiful Cloughlea Woods on Tuesday 22nd October, the colours were lovely but another two weeks should see the real autumn colours at their best. Well worth a return visit to this fabulous location.Some images (click on an image to...
Club Outing – Tinahely Point to Point
The 20th October saw another regular outing for our members as they headed down to Tinahely for the Point to Point. Getting close they were able to take some great pictures.Some images (click on an image to open in full-screen mode) from the outing can be seen below:...