August 2009 Sport competition winner

July 2009 Still life competition winner

Meeting 26th August 09

Our meeting tonight will have two “photo of the month” competitions, first will be july’s, “still life” and the second will be august (this month) the theme “sport”. The theme sport can include not only images of competitors but also images of those who may be a spectator and also items that symbolise sport. Hints include, images of equipment, uniforms and spectators. All images welcome, as they say “if your not in you can’t will”. We hope to have our date for the exhibition announced tonight, from here on in it’s planning and preparation. Doors open at 7.45pm, all are welcome.

Glendalough Trip 23rd August

Meet in the upper car park at 10am. To get to this car park continue past the hotel for about 1 and a half miles. The code for the car park used to be 1928, it may still be the same, try 1928a, if these don’t work make sure that you have €4 in coins. For those wanting to car pool, members will be meeting at 8am in the square in Mountmellick. Bring a tripod & a polariser.

Club Outing 23rd of August

Change to the “Ballycotton Outing”, we’re putting this on the back burner for a short while, instead we’ve a trip planned to go to Glendalough for Sunday morning. We’ve a few options here, there is no real sunrise here because this is a valley and the sun has to be pretty high in the sky before it  clears the sides of the valley. One idea would be to meet in the valley just next to Glendalough.This valley is between Brockagh and Camaderry mountains.This is just before the “Vale of Glendasan” and has great opportunities. We could meet here at sunrise, we have fast running water, a waterfall and derelict buildings,(some great black & white possibilities). After this we could go to Glendalough, the lake here is great for reflections and is wide with high steep valley walls. From here for those who want to hike you can make your way to the miners village, this would take about 45mins, again this area is great for black and white. Weather permitting this would be a great area for a grub break. When we finish here for those who are still peckish a restaurant in Laragh serves all day breakfast. We’ll confirm meeting places and times closer to the day, this journey is about 1 and a half hours from the Gandon Inn. For those interested text me @087-9064000

June 2009 Landscape competition winner