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Wildlife with Deirdre Irwin

 

Competition Hand-In

 

 AGM & New Committee

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

News

Next Monday Night  – Deirdre Irwin on Wildlife

Next Monday evening Deirdre Irwin will show and discuss her wildlife images. As a long-standing member of Offshoot, Deidre has, justifiably, achieved a reputation as a wildlife photographer but this is not to diminish her expertise in other genres. She is indeed a magnificent

photographer and this is an evening not to be missed.

 

Monday night is also the time for you to hand in your images for the competition Refections and we will await sight of your efforts with anticipation.

 

This is a projected competition for all levels. 

 

The judging will be a Zoom meeting on Monday 21st November and the judges are Eamonn and Christine from Skerries photography.  Their website is https://skerriesphotography.com

 

AGM

The AGM will be held on Monday the 28th of November. The Agenda and further information will be sent out over the next few days. It would be great to see as many people there as possible at the AGM.

One of the main tasks at the AGM will be to vote in the four mandatory committee positions of Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Competitions Secretary. The other roles will be appointed by the incoming new committee. 

It has come to the time of year that we need to start thinking about the new committee for 2023. 

 

New Committee

If anyone would like to join the committee and help shape the future of the club, please let the present committee know, or, you can let Emily know at chairperson@offshoot.ie.

This is your club and all help is welcome.

The Camargue

After two very successful trips to this paradise in the South of France Mike Smith has organised another trip for 2023. There are still two places available.

If you’re interested drop him a line at rmichael.smith176@gmail.com.

An Evening with Doug Allan

Doug Allan is a wildlife and documentary cameraman who spent seven years in Antarctica as a Scientist, research diver and photographer for the British Antarctic Survey. He has filmed at both the North and South poles and his work is seen on a string of high profile, award-winning series such as the Blue Planet.  

You can hear him talk and show his work at the Mermaid Theatre, Bray on 22nd November https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/.  

 

Offshoot entry for IPF National Shield

 

Congratulations to all who submitted an image or images. Every image was scrutinised by a panel of members and being chosen to represent Offshoot in the upcoming IPF National Shield Competition is an accolade worth having. The final will take place on Saturday 26th November in the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Thurles.

 

What's On

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

Member's Photo of the Week

Misty Morning by Richard Boyle

Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for the photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society.

There’s also the latest images published on Flickr that are displayed on the OffShoot home page.

[Note. To join the Offshoot Flickr group, you must first be a Flickr member. Then send the email address used to join Flickr to webadmin@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

From the OffShoot Website
Club Outing – Avondale House and Gardens
On Saturday 5th November 3 members, 2 of which have recently joined the Club, met at Avondale Gardens in Rathdrum to visit the Skywalk and to photograph the surroundings from…
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Club Outing – Deer Rut, Phoenix Park
Despite having had to postpone the original outing due to the Dublin Marathon a large group of Offshoot members, including quite a number of new members braved the early morning…
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Interesting Videos

If you come across one you want to share let us know at newsletter@offshoot.ie.

How do I get clean images from High ISO images - Walks on the Wild Side

Photographing Glowing Mushrooms - Keith Guppy

IPF Links & Events

Irish Photographic Federation Web Site:

https://irishphoto.ie/

Most recent news and articles posted:

https://irishphoto.ie/news/

Distinction Sittings and Availability:

https://irishphoto.ie/distinctions/assessment-dates/

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can access the recordings of past Zoom meetings from the OffShoot website.

These videos are available in the Videos section of the Member’s Area at https://www.offshoot.ie/member-area/. You will need to log in to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

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