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Stephen Smith – LIPF

May 21, 2025 | Member Awards

Congratulations to Stephen Smith for attaining his LIPF Distinction at the May 2025 sitting of the IPF.

Jerome Fennell – LIPF

May 21, 2025 | Member Awards

Congratulations to Jerome Fennell for attaining his LIPF Distinction at the May 2025 sitting of the IPF.

Club Outing – The Black Castle, Glen Coastal Path, and Wicklow Harbour

May 21, 2025 | Club Outings

On Saturday, May 10th, 5 members attended the Club outing to the Black Castle in Wicklow. Two of these members were new and on their first outing. Lots of advice and local knowledge were shared amongst the members. The Black Castle and Wicklow Harbour close by can...

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What’s On

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

18Apr

Club Outing – Mullingar Hides

19Apr

Club Outing – Mullingar Hides

20Apr

Club Meeting – Presentations of LIPF Distinction Panels

St Brigid's Girls National School

25Apr

Club Outing – National Stud & Japanese Gardens

Japanese Gardens and Irish National Stud, Kildare

27Apr

Club Meeting – Nigel Motyer – Undewater Photography

St Brigid's Girls National School

04May

Bank Holiday – May Bank Holiday

06May

Club Outing – Bluebells (Killinthomas)

Killinthomas Wood

11May

Club Meeting – Spring Shoot With Me Showcase #1

St Brigid's Girls National School

16May

Club Outing – Powerscourt Waterfall

Powerscourt Waterfall, Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow

18May

Club Meeting – Spring Shoot With Me Showcase #2

St Brigid's Girls National School

23May

Club Outing – GAP Mountain Bikes

Glencullen Adventure Park

25May

Club Meeting – Club Competition Judging (Mono Printed)

St Brigid's Girls National School

01Jun

Bank Holiday – June Bank Holiday

08Jun

Club Meeting – Critique Night

St Brigid's Girls National School

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The Latest Member’s Photographs on Flickr

For a full selection view Offshoot Flickr Group.

Dun Laoghaire Pier Sunrise
Dublin

Black Tailed Godwit
Flying

Spring at Glendalough
Glendalough

Childen of the World
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#spain #clouds #beach
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#spain #beach #sand
Clam

Lone tree
I was in Tenerife for a couple of weeks back in February. Near to where we were staying was a very posh 5 star hotel. I was intrigued by the exterior and design, particularly of the staircases.

Sandymount Swirl
Dublin

Cabinteely Park Reflections-1
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Cabinteely Park Reflections
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Childen of the World
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Reflection
#reflection#water#Sandycove #calmwaters#

#spain #whitewash villag

#spain #steps#whitewash village#

Taking a Break
Taken on Offshoot Outing to Hockey match

Childen of the World
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#Carrickonshannon #landscape#art #tidytowns

#thightsqueese#Carrickonshannon
#Carrickonshannon #landscape #trafficjam#truck#timber#

Lago di Landro
Dolomites

#Carrickonshannon #landscape #bridge #walkway

#Carrickonshannon #landscape

Sandy waves
Easter Sunday on Sandymount beach

Lir’s Calm
Sea stacks in Waterford. I named this Lir’s Calm to reflect the power of theses and Lir the Irish God of the Sea

Childen of the World
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Childen of the World
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La gare en rose
Gare de Lyon at dawn

The Seine at Night
Pont Neuf and Le Palais de Justice

Reflections before the Kill
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Childen of the World
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The central tower of Lincoln Cathedral
A view of Lincoln Cathedral from the south west. In the later middle ages, the central tower was topped by a spire and for 238 years, it was reputedly the tallest building in the world and the first to exceed the great pyramid of Giza in height. The spire was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike in 1549 and never rebuilt.

Life….the Universe…. and everything.
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Sunset on the pier
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Lovely evening for a walk
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Sea Breeze Locomotive No. 171 - at Sydney Parade
Dublin to Wexford

Coliemore Harbour Boats
Dublin, Ireland

The Boy
Back in 2011, I was in the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne and was intrigued by the "Water Wall" installation at the entrance. I ended up spending an hour shooting all manner of people walking outside the museum. I finally got around to processing, printing and framing a series of these shots this year - more than a decade after I took the shots. This is the second in that series, and one that I hadn't looked at or processed since 2011. It's worth dredging through the archives from time to time!

Place Dauphine at dawn
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Childen of the World
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Vartry 1
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Intimate
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Lago di Federa
Dolomites

Fota We have lift Off
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Fota Undercarrage Down comming in to Land
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Twisted branch in beautiful evening sun
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Over the hill
Tignes

Pelmo Reflection
Dolomites

Chough chough
Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

Location, Location. 5,000 trees in the frozen forest and they are fighting over this one!
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Great Crested Grebes courting dance
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Abstract - St Pul De Vence
ICM to create effect

Castletownbere Waterfall
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Kingfisher with catch
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Tackle time
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Hooded Crow
Foraging on the beach as the tide recedes on Dublin Bay

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4Y4A0173
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Littel Egret, Merrion Gates
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Willow Tit in freezing forest
Such a beautiful little bird battling the freezing temperatures of -27°C (16.6°F). In Winter they form flocks and use their memory of where they have stored seeds and insects to sustain them during the coldest months. Sometimes they freeze during the night and fall onto the snow from their perches in the forest.

Beauty in the back garden!!!
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Black Tailed Godwits, Dublin Bay
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Sandymount Sunset
Dublin

Black Woodpecker in the frozen forest
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Jökulsárlón sunset
Looking over some old photos from a trip to Iceland in 2013. At the end of a beautiful day at Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, one of the most spectacular places I have been to.

glengarrif woods
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leaning tree glengarrif woods
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Eurasian Male Bullfinch resting in the freezing forest.
Striking rosy-red breast against the freezing conditions. They are known to dig deep into the snow in harsh winters, -27°C (16.6°F) while the poor Photographer froze. Many thanks for your faves and comments. Much appreciated.

Sandymount Evening
Dublin

Sunset in Hamburg
Can you spot the Church?

Rory Gallagher Fender Stratocaster
Collins Barracks Purchased for £100 on credit from Crowley's Music Store in Gallagher's home city of Cork in 1963, he played it from his teenage days with showbands to his international solo career. Gallagher was a musical innovator in the studio and a dynamic performer on stage. Heavily worn and featuring personal modifications, this guitar was intrinsic to Gallagher's unique sound and contribution to popular music.

Webley flare gun adapted to fire rubber bullets
Collins Barracks Webley flare gun adapted to fire rubber bullets in Northern Ireland c.1940s-1970s Developed in 1970 by the British Ministry of Defence for riot control in Northern Ireland, rubber and plastic bullets killed 17 people, including eight children, during the Troubles. Approximately 120,000 were discharged between 1970-2005

Signal Tower
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Golden Eagles
I observed this pair mating high up in the trees in the forest which is an early part of their breeding behaviour and then they just came down to land. An amazing experience. Frost still clung to their eyes and beak in this cold harsh landscape. Note the feathers on their legs which extend all the way down the leg which is a distinguishing feature of the Golden Eagle as the Bald Eagle has bare yellow lower legs. Many thanks for your comments and faves, much appreciated.

Springtime reflection
I pass this tree nearly every day on my walk with my dog and mostly I walk by without a second glance, and the puddle is nearly always there. But last week the reflection caught my eye and I managed get this shot.

Dolomites Vista
Italy

RPG7 Rocket Launcher
(Collins Barracks - Dublin) Decommissioned by the IRA as part of the Good Friday Agreement. After years of negotiations, the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement) between Northern Ireland's political parties and the British and Irish governments was signed in 1998. It required nationalist and unionist politicians to use their influence to secure the decommissioning of paramilitary arms such as this RPG-7 rocket launcher used in Northern Ireland by the IRA during the Troubles. The pace of decommissioning was slow and was not completed by all paramilitary groups until 2010.

A Golden Eagle flies silently from the forest, talons splayed. The morning air is still freezing and tiny crystals of frost still cling to the curve of its hooked bill, sparkling in the first light of sunrise.
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Dun Laoghaire Baths
The Roger Casement statue at the renovated Dun Laoghaire baths in moody light. I removed the ugly dlr council signs. Sue me 🙂

Cortina Dusk
Dolomites

Fisherman's Hut - Venice Lido
Wonderful reflections on a still morning

Blue Line
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Evening at the Rialto
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Kilfarassy, Copper Coast, Waterford-Copper Coast Geo Park
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Misty Morning in Venice
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I want some of that!
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Dolomite Reflection
Dolomites

Haghpat Monastery, Haghpat, Armenia.
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Dipper
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Who is that Lady in the Window
St Paul de vence

Grape & Grain
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Grand Canal and Basilica della Salute
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Poolbeg from Seapoint
Dublin

Marly Park Waterfall 1
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Santa Maria Reina Church, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
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Early Morning Venice
Taken from the bridge overlooking the Bridge of Sighs

Seapoint Sunset
Dublin

Coming in to Land Bird of Prey
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National Gallery of Ireland, Atrium
The Millenium Wing, designed by Benson and Forsyth in a neo Scottish Baronial style

Dolomite Huts
Dolomites

Competition Winner’s Image Gallery

Slovenia, Lake Bled at Sunrise by Niamh McGreen

Northern Lights by Helen Black

Who me by Malcom Broadstock

Sicilian Burgers by Noel McMahon

Kilkenny Reflections on the Nore by Pat Divilly

Poolbeg Chimneys from Bull Island by Ken Owens

Discarded by John FitzPatrick

The Chosen Spot by Stephen Smith

Reflection by Robert Acton

Autumn Segla by Stephen Smith

Storm in a Teacup by Pat Divilly

The blessed river by Stephen Smith

Blea Tarn by Joseph Hennessy

Morning light on desert sands by Niamh McGreen

Muckross Abbey Killarney by Jean Clarke

Reaching Out by Richard Boyle

Sunrise at Belvedere by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Sunset at Dun Laoghaire by Mary Winifred-Ross

Evening Sunburst by Mary Mcloughlin

Looking out from the Past by Stephen Smith

Curvature by John O'Connor

Reflecting by Michael Mahon

Walking on Water by Jean Swift

The Boy by John O'Connor

Heavenly searchlights by John FitzPatrick

Sammie by Michael Mahon

Here's Harry by Liam Haines

Place-In the spotlight by Julie Quinn

Fastnet Lighthouse by Jan Healy

Hold On by Catherine Foley

Welcome Shade by Mary McLoughlin

Spider by Noel McMahon

Walking in the Shadows by Jean Clarke

Achill by Liam Slattery

Attractive by Stephen Marshall

Wow by Frazer Meredith

Mulranny Mayo by Ian Gemmell

Lago Limides Reflection by Kevin Grace

Early Morning in London by Eithne O'Leary

Fly me away by Malcolm Broadstock

Tuscan Mist by Eithne O'Leary

Victoria by Phil Tung

Tate Modern by Eithne O'Leary

Fish River Canyon by Jan Healy

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill by Ian Gemmell

Rooftop Shade by Aoife Carty

The Queen's House by Lionel Barker

Apple of my Eye by Robbie O'Leary

Frilled To See You by Sara Hanley

Early Morning in the Vineyard by Teresa Mullen

People Through Time by Emily Gallagher

Natural Order by Malcolm Broadstock

Early Morning Workers by Eithne O'Leary

Ice Cave by Michael Flanagan

Marie Celeste by Peter Chapman

Connemara Falls by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Trampoline by Andrew Cooke

After the rain by Jerome Fennell

The Lone Tree by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Lonely Tree by Eithne O'Leary

Snow by Ken McFarland

Wolf by Linda Rafferty

Beached by Malcom Broadstock

Shadows on the sand by Mary Mcloughlin

Sunset Haze by Kevin Grace

The Challenge by Jerome Fennell

Eye by Colin Little

Drombeg Stone Circle by Paul O'Callaghan

Life by Paul O'Callaghan

Spiral Stairs - looking up not down by Jean Clarke

Light, Shadow & Ice by Teresa Mullen

Leopard's Glare by Stephen Smith

Buzzzz by Frazer Meredith

Sparring Stallions by Mike Smith

Going Batty by Sara Hanley

Dun Laoghaire Boats in the Fog by Robert Hackett

Trapeze by Andrew Cooke

Copper Coast by Paul O'Callaghan

Curls by Taryn Barling

The Empty Quarter by John O'Connor

Arc of Trees by Helen Black

London Bridge by Teresa Mullen

Place-Moon over the Great Blasket by Noel McMahon

Taking a Break by Eithne O'Leary

Mont St Michel by Eithne O'Leary

St Stephens Green Snowfall by Andy Patterson

Santa Special by Frazer Meredith

Cogar Na Locha by Gerard Halpin

Can't Wait To Get There by Sara Hanley

Danube Delta Birds - Pygmy Cormorant Take Off by Niall Watts

Enter by Richard Boyle

Pine Marten by Liam Slattery

Misty Morning by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Flight by Ken McFarland

Dusk by Michael McNamara

Evening Fog by Noel McMahon

Venice Canal by Liam Slattery

Blackrock Seascape by Piaras Sweeney

St.Brigid’s Girls National School, The Park, Cabinteely, D18TN66, County Dublin

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The Latest News

Stephen Smith – LIPF

Jerome Fennell – LIPF

Club Outing – The Black Castle, Glen Coastal Path, and Wicklow Harbour

What’s On

Club Outing – Mullingar Hides

Club Outing – Mullingar Hides

Club Meeting – Presentations of LIPF Distinction Panels

Club Outing – National Stud & Japanese Gardens

Club Meeting – Nigel Motyer – Undewater Photography

Bank Holiday – May Bank Holiday

Club Outing – Bluebells (Killinthomas)

Club Meeting – Spring Shoot With Me Showcase #1

Club Outing – Powerscourt Waterfall

Club Meeting – Spring Shoot With Me Showcase #2

Club Outing – GAP Mountain Bikes

Club Meeting – Club Competition Judging (Mono Printed)

Bank Holiday – June Bank Holiday

Club Meeting – Critique Night

The Latest Member’s Photographs on Flickr

Competition Winner’s Image Gallery

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