On the 8th August 13 Midweek Shooters gathered at Drimnagh Castle under a sunlit sky promising rain later. The castle was built in the 13th century by the Norman Knight Hugo de Bernivale and is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat fed by the small...

On a very wet Monday night on 31st July about a dozen members met at the now defunct Central Bank on Dame street with the hope of getting some street photography in Temple Bar. The weather eventually cleared and we went on walkabout capturing the mood and atmosphere...

Our Summer outing to Blackrock, on the 24th July, started in ideal conditions at the car park close to Blackrock train station. We had a great turn out, with some opting to head immediately over the bridge to the seashore, others heading towards the park and yet...

For our outing on the 20th July as we waited in the car, it wasn’t the most promising of starts to our outing. The heavens opened and there was a torrential downpour - !! Irish Summer strikes again !! But it soon cleared and we actually had no rain for the rest of the...

On Monday 10th July as part of our Summer Outing programme a number of the members headed up to Lough Tay to get some sunset images. Some images (click on an image to open in full screen mode) from the outing below:   [justified_image_grid...

On Tuesday the 11th of July the predicted weather came to pass and under clouds heavy with showers 5 members gathered in the churchyard of Monasterboice. It was alive with tour buses from which disgorged tourists to mingle with us amongst the gravestones, high crosses...

On 3rd July the first outing of our Summer Season was to Marley Park. In typical Irish fashion it was a 'soft' day and we did not know if the event was going ahead until the last moment. A hardy group of our members toughed it out and their images (click on an image...

In Mid-May 12 of us (9 members and 3 guests) travelled to this beautiful part of Provence wedged between the Petit Rhône and Grand Rhône and roamed by black bulls, white horses and pink flamingos. The Camargue is a wetland of salt pans, rice paddies and the most...

On the 10th June ten of the members went out to the Greater Saltee Island of Kilmore Quay in County Wexford to get pictures of the sea birds. Some of the members headed up on the 9th June to take pictures of the Hook Lighthouse. Unfortunately the weather was never on...

On 28th May we headed down to Dublin Falconry at Courtlough Shooting Grounds in Balbriggan. Unfortunately due to some confusion around the booking our attendance had not been confirmed and they had not prepared for our attendance. Consequently we were unable to really...

This Tuesday saw the mid-week outing head down to Killruddery House & Gardens. It was a wonderful sunny day and we managed to get a great variety of images. Unfortunately we were unable to get any images of the inside of the house. We'll have to organise that for next...

On the 6th May a group of 5 OffShoot members headed out to Mount Usher Gardens, located at Ashford in County Wicklow. The gardens were laid out in 1868 and they spread over twenty acres of land along the River Vartry. More than 5000 plant species can be found in these...