Mountmellick Photographic Society » Competitions Internal & External

Photo Of The Month July – Action / Motion

Paul Lalor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:36:26 +0000

Another good entry this month with some classic photo techniques plus some imaginative ones all four are great shots. 1st Yvonne McNamara 2nd Sachin Polassery

Joint 3rd Con Murphy and Dom Reddin.

June Photo of The Month Macro/Close Up

Con Murphy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:54:51 +0000

1st was Michael Carrolls image 2nd was Paul Lawlor and joint 3rd were Joe Conroy and Con Murphy. Yet another great competition this month and some great images by all that entered

Febuary’s Photo Of The Month- Nightshots

Paul Lalor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:45:07 +0000

Another large entry this month the theme was Nightshots.

1st Paul Whiteley, 2nd Sachin Sinavid, 3rd Charles White.

January’s Photo Of The Month

Paul Lalor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:39:56 +0000

This competition has got off to a great start with a large entry for Winter, with only one photo per person the stardard is very high making judging difficult. 1st Sachin Sinvand, 2nd Paul Lalor, 3rd Anil Kumar.

Regional Round Nature Comp’ (Mid West)

Paul Lalor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:18 +0000

The competition was judged by Myles Carroll A.I.P.F. from Arklow Camera Club last years overall winner of the National Competition.

Colour Prints 1st Gary Hill Mullingar – Eagle Owl 2nd Dominic Reddin Mountmellick – Nibbling 3rd Aidan O’ Sullivan Midlands – Common Lizard.

Projected Images 1st Kevin Murphy Mayo – Painted Lady 2nd Patrick Halton Midlands – Sun Dew 3rd Kevin Murphy Mayo – Dung Fly

Qualified Kevin Murphy Mayo – Patrick Halton Midlands – John McCawley Mullingar – Aidan O’ Sullivan Midlands – Dominic Reddin Mountmellick – Gary Hill Mullingar – Naser Mandal Midlands.

Many thanks to Myles Carroll and Mary Lawlor for their help .Good look to all on Sunday.

Photo of the month (2010)

Paul Whiteley — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:49:32 +0000

Rules & Themes

January 27th ”Winter”
February 24th ”Night Shots”
March 24th ”Still Life”
April 21st “Portraits”
May 19th ”Wildlife/Flora/Fauna”
June 30th ”Macro”
July 28th ”Action”
Aug 25th ”Landscapes”
Sept 22nd ”Reflections”
Oct 27th ”Black & White”

General rules

Points for 1st 10
Points for 2nd 8
Points for 3rd 7
Points for entering 4
Print size 8X6 only (cd’s,lap tops usb sticks no longer accepted)
League table to be posted on line as a private viewing only
One print per person
1st,2nd & 3rd winning prints to be left behind so that they can be scanned and posted on the front page of the club web site, they will be returned at the next available meeting
Prints can be given to other members in the event that you can not attend a meeting

Prizes will be presented at our awards night in December

1st prize will be a framed & signed Mike Brown print

Results of internal competition 2009

Paul Whiteley — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:15:15 +0000

Category A winner: Dominic Reddin

Category B winner: Con Murphy

Category C winner: Anilkumar

Photographer of the year: 1st Dominic Reddin 2nd Anilkumar 3rd Derek Traynor

Photograph of the Year 2009; Dominic Reddin

Internal Competition 25th Nov

Paul Whiteley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:13:59 +0000

Our internal competition this year will be run over one night only. Two members of Mullingar Camera Club will judge all images. Bob Morrison and another member of their club will judge on the night. Please have your images ready for 7.30pm so that the judges will have as long as is possible to view all the prints. If you haven’t got your competition letter yet please contact Dom on the night.

Please have all your images correctly lettered and numbered, you may require a felt tip marker for this. Have your i.d as clear as is possible on the back of your print. Remember the max size is A3 and the min is A4, the border on your mount should not exceed 3 inches.

Best of luck to all.

Anilkumar, Silver medal winner in the monochrome section, sheild

Sachin Polassery — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:10:18 +0000

Anilkumar Won the Silver medal in the Sheild

Congratulations to Anilkumar for winning the Silver medal in the national shield competition. Anil won his silver medal in the black and white section. A big well done from all the members

Internal Competition 25th November

Paul Whiteley — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:57:01 +0000

Doors open 7.30pm, please have your prints in at 7.30, so that they can be organised and the judges have an extra few minutes to view them. Please insure that you have your prints ready with your letter on the back and each print numbered. Judging should be finished just before 10pm. If it is your first time to enter the competition please note that you are not allowed to make comments from the floor about how your prints are being marked. Bob Morrison and another member of Mullingar Camera Club will be on hand to judge all prints. Bob is a very fair judge and each print will be judged on it’s merrits regardless of subject or style.