SACC Nature Competition Results

Well done to our members. For a club formed less than one year and with a large number of members taking part in an SACC competition for the very first time a special congratulations is in order. First of all congrats to all that entered, and many thanks to everyone who helped out in making the event the success that it was. We received a lot of very positive feedback from other clubs on how the event was run and quite a few were amazed that we not yet a year in existence and yet were willing to host such an event, so again well done to everyone involved, you can give yourself a pat on the back.

The club was very well represented in the competition, with 7 entrants in the Prints comp, and 5 entrants in the projected images.

Only one other club had more entrants in the Prints, which was Mallow with 8, and one other club having more entrants in the projected, Waterford with 7.

And very well done to those who's images go on to the next round,

Michael Hickey, James O Neill, Joe Cashin, Patsy Choi, Martina Coady, Wayne Littlewood, Francis Quigley, well done also to our other members Thomas Gee, Pete Smith and Margaret Lucas who entered for their respective clubs. For a club which is still in its infancy the list of images going to the next round is very impressive.

Nature Projected Images
Image No.	Score	Title	Author
D33	24	Butterfly	Thomas Gee
D54	22	Plenty of Tongue	Michael Hickey
D57	22	Heron	Joe Cashin
D32	21	Heron	Thomas Gee
D53	21	Puffin	Michael Hickey
D31	20	Mushroom	Thomas Gee
D56	20	Oh Deer!	Joe Cashin
D47	20	Mountain Stream	Francis Quigley
D46	19	Autumn Glow	Francis Quigley
D49	19	Moss	James O'Neill
D52	19	Are You Talking to Me?	Michael Hickey
Nature Printed Images
Image No.	Score	Title	Author
4	25	Heart of Nature	Thomas Gee
19	23	Soldiering On	Thomas Gee
21	23	Birds Eye View	Michael Hickey
49	23	Nesting Material	Pete Smith
11	22	Spiny Starfish	Margaret Lucas
48	22	Gannet in Flight	Pete Smith
10	21	Icebud	James O'Neill
12	21	Nectar Collection	Thomas Gee
18	21	Sheeps Bit	Margaret Lucas
20	21	A Face in Wood	Patsy Choi
7	20	Swan Family	Joe Cashin
15	20	Duck	Joe Cashin
22	20	A Little White Duck	Joe Cashin
6	19	Gone Fishing	Michael Hickey
13	19	Duck on Ice	Patsy Choi
25	19	Mushrooms	Martina Cody
65	19	Frosted Berries	Wayne Littlewood

Also the club would like to offer its congrats to Myles Carroll from Arklow and P. Kavanagh from Enniscorthy on their winning images.

Here is a link to the full list of qualifying images

SACC Nature Compeition

 

2009 Nature Competition Results

 

25^th January, 2009 at Carraig Hotel, Carrick-on-Suir

Hosted by Carrick Camera Club

 

Prints (135 entries)

Overall Best Image:  Myles Carroll (Arklow CC)  "Catch of the Day"

Best Faunal Image:   Myles Carroll (Arklow CC)  "Catch of the Day"

Best Flora Image:      Jeremy Kingston (Mallow CC)  "Two Leaves"

  

Projected Images (116 Entries)

Overall Best Image:   P. Kavanagh (Enniscorthy C C)  "Frog &  Butterfly"

Best Faunal Image:    P. Kavanagh (Enniscorthy C C)  "Frog &  Butterfly"

Best Flora Image:       Thomas Gaffney (Clonakilty CC)  "Catkin"

Sean O Briens Recommended site of the week

 I'd like to recommend the website of John Barclay, USA, to members.  The URL is:

 http://web.me.com/johnbarclayphoto

Seán,
in historic Portlaw, Co. Waterford,
of 19th cent. Cotton Mill fame.  

HDR tutorial from www.Photoanswers.co.uk

Check out this HDR tutorial from www.Photoanswers.co.uk it is about 15mins long and takes you through all the steps you need from taking the pictures to merging them using Photomatrix, available from http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Sigma Lens for Sale (Canon Mount)

Alan Littlewood also has a Lens for sale, a Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 DC (Canon Fit)
Its a very good all round zoom lens with a nice wide 18mm and good reach up to 200mm, ideal for any beginner not wanting to buy several individual lenses, this one is suited well to most tasks. In Excellent Condition
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3302&navigator=6

He also will include a Hoya Pro1 Digital Filter (UV) which has been on the lens from day one to protect it and is still as good as new.

http://www.hoyafilter.com/products/hoya/pro1d-01.html
Both Lens and filter are in Original Boxes with all manuals included.
Asking Price : €180 o.n.o
Alan will bring the bag and Lens to the next meeting if anyone would like to see them or to try the lens if they would like.
Alternatively anyone can contact him by e-mail at aml@iol.ie

EBS Family Moments Photographs

Well done to Nicola Kelley, who entered into the EBS Family moments competition, she has had two photos selected to appear in the EBS members magazine YES. They are both photos of her 3 daughters. One is taken in November 2006 in Portlaw woods. She would also like to thank Joe Cashin and Carrick camera club who let her know about the competition. Well done Nicola.

Invitation to upcoming Exhibition - Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Has kindly asked people to his upcoming exhibition, the exhitbition will take place in the Liabaray in Carrick-on-Suir from the 19-31 January 2009.

Check out some of Pete's great work at his website below.

http://www.pbase.com/peterasmith

website worth checking out

http://www.davidcreedon.com/gallery.html

I was luckly enough to be at a talk David gave during his exhibition of "Ghosts of the faithfully departed" the exhibition was also featured on Nationwide. 

Francis Quigley - Club Secratary

B&W images DUBLIN shop and gallery

http://www.gilesnorman.com/gallery.php

 

I was in Dublin for past few days, and  saw the shop by Giles Norman in Powerscourt Town House, Grafton Street, yesterday. It us an is an interesting site with all B &W photos.  I think some of his work is at Dove Hill also.

 

Seán O Brien,