Photography competition winners announced:
COLOUR – (Nature – The natural world around us)
1ST Place/Overall Winner – Butterfly on Flower
Mary Finlay, 32 St Patrick’s Ave, Wicklow Town, County Wicklow
2nd Place – Puffin
Susanna Braswell, 3 Church Gate, Station Road, Wicklow Town, County Wicklow. J
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3rd Place – Swan
Breda Moriarty, Muckross, Killarney, County Kerry
BLACK & WHITE – (Vintage Object – Vanishing Ireland)J
1st Place – – Churn
Eilish McDonnell, Fort View, Corgrove, Streamstown, County Westmeath.
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“ A photograph of a swan & ducks, displaying fine details in the colouring and contrast of the photo with reflections in the water and good detail in the beaks and face “
2nd Place – Pulper
Breda Moriarty, Co Kerry.
“ A photograph with good tonal range. Reminiscent of times past of perhaps a parent or grandparent busy making butter using a churn “
3rd Place – – Wheel
Eilish McDonnell, Fort View, Corgrove, Streamstown, County Westmeath.
“ The photo of a pulper machine has clarity, texture and contrast, good shadows and highlights bringing evocations of a past now becoming a distant memory”
Judge’s comments: