On Tuesday 10th May, 10 members arrived at Kilmacurragh on a beautiful sunny day. The Rhododendron was in full bloom and dappled the gardens with beautiful vivid colours, they also provided some great reflections in the pond. The Dragonflies were not in attendance as...
On Tuesday 3rd May members of OffShoot were met with a wonderful vista of bluebells immediately upon entering the woods at Killinthomas. A blue carpet on the forest floor- really beautiful – and well worth waiting for! The bluebells danced in the gentle breeze...
On Saturday 23rd April over 20 OffShoot members descended on Avoca village to see the Red Kites and take some pictures. Despite the local master victualler Isaac Lett leaving out some meat the Kites kept away and we thought we were in for a disappointing day. However...
On Sunday 3rd April 5 members arrived at Duckett’s Grove. We were lucky to have such a lovely sunny day, which really enhanced the adjoining field of Rapeseed. Duckett’s Grove is a ruined 19th-century great Georgian country house that was redesigned in a...
On Saturday 5th March, a group of our members met up in Trinity on a gloriously sunny afternoon to catch some action shots at a match between Trinity and Cork Constitution Rugby teams. Trinity won 35-30. It was nice for people to meet face to face again and enjoy the...
Cabinteely Park adjoins our usual haunting ground, well known to some but a revelation for others. A multitude of photographic opportunities abound and members wandered around taking images of whatever took their fancy. The wind was a bit strong and a mantle of clouds...