POTY / NPOTY 2020 Jan 25th – Entry closing 24/11/19

The POTY and NPOTY closing date for 2020 is fast approaching and this year we will have some major changes to the running of the competition. Closing date for entry is 24/11/19. The plan this year is to run both competitions on the same day  Sat Jan 25 with the POTY in the morning and NPOTY in the afternoon. To facilitate this change prints for entry will be collected in advance of the competition and we are currently organising several locations so that we can save members travelling huge distances in order to enter. Judges for the SACC competition are Dominic Reddin, Des Clinton and Michelle La Grue.

Collection points will be listed early in January to collect prints and are to include Killarney, Blarney, Limerick, Kilkenny & Dungarvan with more to come. It’s never been easier to enter set up your entry on the IPF site links below and we will announce dates for easy collection points around the region.

Categories are listed below and you can click the POTY or NPOTY to enter or go to the competitions page.

POTY LINK

1. OPEN Colour Print (CP) – up to four entries.

2. OPEN Monochrome Print (MP) – up to four entries.
3. OPEN Colour PDI (CPDI) – up to four entries.
4. OPEN Monochrome PDI (MPDI) – up to four entries.

NPOTY LINK

1.Print (PA) Mammals and Marine – up to four entries.
2. Print (PB) Birds – up to four entries.
3. PDI (PDIA) Invertebrates – up to four entries.
4. PDI (PDIB) Flora & Fungi – up to four entries

 

 

SACC Nature POTY 2019

Congratulations to Kevin Day winner of the 2019 SACC Nature POTY. Up against amazing images Kevin won out on a busy day at the Cabragh Wetlands Centre in Thurles. The Thurles & District Camera Club helped the Blarney Photography Club stage this important regional round of the IPF competition. You can see from the awards how many clubs were represented and it was great to see so many at the event. 
 

Kevin Day winner of the SACC NPOTY 2019 with Judges Des Clinton, Dominic Redden and SACC Chairman Mark Gorman.

 
COLOUR PRINT OPEN – ADVANCED
Gold Kevin Day East Cork Camera Group
Silver Kieran O Mahony Blackwater Photographic Society
Bronze Tadhg Hurley Blarney Photography Club 

HM David Harris East Cork Camera Group
HM Kieran O Mahony Blackwater Photographic Society
HM David Triglia Blarney Photography Club
HM David Harris East Cork Camera Group
HM Pakie O Donoghue Blackwater Photographic Society

COLOUR PRINT OPEN – Non-ADVANCED

Gold Jim Heffernan Fermoy Camera Club
Silver Vincent  Higgins Mallow Camera Club
Bronze Donagh Cronin Fermoy Camera Club
HM Paul Madigan Blackwater Photographic Society

COLOUR PRINT THEME – ADVANCED
Flora & Fungi

Gold David Triglia Blarney Photography Club
Silver Edward Mahon Kilkenny Photo Society  

HM Paul Tips Mallow Camera Club
HM John O Neill Waterford Camera Club
COLOUR PRINT THEME – Non-ADVANCED
Flora & Fungi

Gold Donagh Cronin Fermoy Camera Club
Silver Donagh Cronin Fermoy Camera Club
HM Paul Madigan Blackwater Photographic Society

PROJECTED OPEN – ADVANCED

Gold Kevin Day East Cork Camera Group
Silver  Kevin Day East Cork Camera Group
Bronze Teresa O Dwyer Thurles &District Camera Club
HM Tadhg Hurley Blarney Photography Club

PROJECTED OPEN – Non-ADVANCED

Gold Jim Heffernan Fermoy Camera Club
Silver Vincent  Higgins Mallow Camera Club
Bronze Michael John Blade Carlow Photographic Society
HM Liam Good Kilkenny Photo Society 
PROJECTED OPEN THEME- ADVANCED
The Natural World

Gold Tadhg Hurley Blarney Photography Club Village 
Silver David Triglia Blarney Photography Club
Bronze Kevin DayEast Cork Camera Group
HM David Harris East Cork Camera Group
PROJECTED OPEN THEME – Non-ADVANCED
The Natural World

Gold Vincent  Higgins Mallow Camera Club
Silver Moira Fulton Kilkenny Photo Society

Bronze Vincent  Higgins Mallow Camera Club
HM Moira Fulton Kilkenny Photo Society Autumn
PROJECTED THEME- ADVANCED
Irish Birds & Wildlife

Gold David Harris East Cork Camera Group
Silver Kieran O Mahony Blackwater Photographic Society

HM Nicola Reddy Wexford Camera Club 
PROJECTED THEME – Non-ADVANCED
Irish Birds & Wildlife

Gold Paul Madigan Blackwater Photographic Society
Silver Donagh Cronin Fermoy Camera ClubC
HM Liam Good Kilkenny Photo Society 

Nature Photographer of the Year 2017-2018

SACC Chairman Mark Gorman presents Pakie O Donoghue with the SACC POTY Award.

To a delighted and packed Cabragh Wetlands Trust Building the winner of the 2017-2018 Nature Photographer of the year was announced. Pakie O Donoghue from the Blackwater Photographic Society picked up the award. Pakie was shocked at receiving the award but it was truly deserved. Pakie also picked up a Gold Medal for the Open Print Catagory. There was about 100 people in attendance and special thanks go to the Wetland Trust and to Thurles Camera Club for helping make it a fantastic event. Blarney Photography Club did the SACC proud running an excellent event and once again congratulations to all the winners and Pakie. All the results will be posted during the week.

Nature POTY 2018

 

All the entries are in and a great day awaits us at the NPOTY in the Cabragh Wetlands Centre, Co. Tipperary on Saturday. The Wetlands have no less than 15 different habitats including ponds, reed swamps, hedgerows, streams and wild flower meadows. You might even get a few shots for next yeras competition!!  Registration for prints will be at 9AM and closes at 10AM. We are delighted to have Des Clinton and Ita Martin bringing a wealth of experience to judging this great competition.  

The Cabragh Wetlands  are located on the R659 just 4km from Thurles and 5 km from the M8 Motorway off exit 6. Google Maps Link Here.

We are looking forward to a great day !

IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2017/2018 – Open for Entries

The SACC Regional Round of the IPF Nature is now open for entries  2017/18.

Entries must be completed online.

Entry Form

Click here to enter

This year, the finals weekend will be held on 17th of February in the Talbot Hotel in Carlow.

Do you want to win the title of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2018? 

Well, get your entries prepared, the online entry is open until midnight on Sunday the 7th of January. 

The format, sections, fees, and rules will remain the same as last year.

Nature Photographer of the Year Sections:

  • Print – Open
  • Print – Theme – Flora & Fungi
  • Projected Image – Open
  • Projected Image – Theme – Irish Wildbirds & Wildlife
  • Projected Image – Open – The Natural World

Entry fee structure listed below:

  • One Section: €15
  • Two Sections: €20
  • Three Sections: €25
  • Four or more Sections: €30

Closing Date:

Midnight on Sunday the 7th of January, 2018

Regional Competition

Saturday January 13th 2018

The Cabragh Wetlands Centre, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

SACC Nature Photographer of the Year 2016/17 – Results & Report

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The SACC regional qualifying round of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2016/2017 took place last Sunday (January 22nd) at the Cabragh Wetlands Trust, Cabragh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. And what a great day it was with so many wonderful images, and a large attendance in a fabulous venue.

The event was extremely well attended again this year with photographers travelling the length and breath of the region to be there. The glorious weather facilitated travelling and afforded members a chance to see the Cabragh wetlands. We are sure that many made plans to return and photograph in this wonderful natural environment.

Congratulations to all award winners, especially Dominick Moloney from Limerick Camera Club who was selected as regional winner with his stunning image ‘Himalayan Bumble Bee’.  We’d love to show you his image, and the other award winning ones, but we’ll have to wait until the finals are over next month.

Thank you to our judges, Kevin Murphy, FIPF, ARPS and Des Connors, FIPF, for their expertise in selecting winners in the various competition categories. It was a difficult task with so many stunning image entered on the day. Thanks also to Thurles Camera Club members for their valuable assistance on organising the venue, providing café facilities and helping with the running of the competition throughout the day.

Thanks to all at the Cabragh Wetlands Trust for the use of their amazing and beautiful venue. We’d encourage members with an interest in nature photography to make the trip to Thurles and are sure that it’d be worthwhile to add to your nature photography portfolio!

We’d also like to say a big thank you to Jim McSweeney for his beautiful calligraphy skills on the award certificates!

Report cards will be sent out shortly. Images were marked out of a maximum score of 18 points.  The qualifying mark for all sections was 12 points and above.

The competition results are available here: SACC Nature PotY Results

We hope to see you all again to Drogheda in a few weeks for the national finals and also hope to see some of our SACC photographers in the winners enclosure!

Gallery of Award Winners below:

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SACC Round of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2016/17 – Schedule

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The SACC Qualifying Round of the IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2016/17 competition will, appropriately, take place at the Cabragh Wetlands Trust facility, Cabragh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, on Sunday January 22nd.

This competition is one of the highlights of the SACC calendar as a large number of SACC members are keen Nature Photographers. The competition is the Southern Regional round of the IPF Nature PotY Competition 2016/17 and qualifying entries will go forward to the IPF national final.

For this years competition we’re delighted to welcome the following judges:

  • Kevin Murphy, FIPF, ARPS
  • Des Connors FIPF.

Event Schedule:

10.00am-11.00am Hand in of print entries.
Prints for the SACC Nature PotY must have been entered / pre-registered via the online IPF system. Prints that have not been pre-registered will not be accepted.
11.15 am Talk by Kevin Murphy, FIPF, ARPS
Kevin will give a talk on Wildlife Photography and the law.
12.00am – 1.00pm Judging of Print Entries
Print judging starts at 12.00am and will continue until lunch (1:00pm approx).
1.00pm – 2.00pm Lunch.
Tea / Coffee and Sandwiches will be available in the Cabragh Wetlands facility.
2.00pm-4.00pm Judging of Projected entries.
4.15 pm (Approx) Results and Awarding of Prizes.

 

Qualifying prints will be retained and forwarded to IPF for National Finals.

Images that do not qualify for national finals can be collected AFTER awards ceremony.

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We wish all entrants the very Best of Luck! 

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SACC Regional Round of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2016 / 17 now open!

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We’re pleased to announce that the SACC regional qualifying round of the IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2016/2017 is now open for entries.

To read more about this competition, the themes for this year, cost of entry etc., please read this post on the IPF Website. You can also access the IPF entry link by clicking here.

The competition is open to all members of SACC affiliated club.

The closing date for SACC Regional entries is December 12th 2016.

The SACC Nature PotY competition will take place on Sunday, January 22nd at the Cabragh Wetlands Trust facility, Cabragh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Please note this year:

  • All entries should be made through the IPF Website
  • You must upload a digital copy of all prints at time of entry.
  • Please note the mandatory labelling system for all print entries. These labels are available for download from the IPF website. You can also access the download by clicking here.
  • Please ensure that you enter the correct level as defined in the rules – pay careful attention to the definitions of the Advanced and Non-Advanced entry criteria.

For the 2016/2017 season, the sections in full are shown below (from the IPF website). For the full definition of themes, please go to themes page on the IPF Web site and refer to the rules. The first four sections below are run under the FIAP nature definition while ‘The Natural World’ is defined within our competition rules document.

  • Print – Open
  • Print – Theme – Flora and Fungi
  • Projected Image – Open
  • Projected Image – Theme – Irish wild birds and wildlife
  • Projected Image – Open – The Natural World

 

Entry fee structure listed below:

  • One Section: €15
  • Two Sections: €20
  • Three Sections: €25
  • Four or more Sections: €30

 

Judges

We are delighted to welcome the following judges for this years SACC Regional round:

  • Kevin Murphy, FIPF, ARPS
  • Des Connors FIPF.

 

SACC Qualifying Round of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2015/2016 – Results

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The SACC regional qualifying round of IPF Nature Photographer of the Year 2015/2016 in association with Mahers Photographic took place last Sunday (January 24th 2016) at the Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery, Co.Cork.

The event was extremely well attended again this year with photographers travelling the length and breath of the region to attend. We were delighted to welcome Michael & Richie from competition sponsors Maher’s Photographic who were a very welcome addition to the event and with a massive variety of photography equipment available to play with on the day, there was many a photographer gone home wishing for that winning lotto ticket before the national finals in a few weeks!

Congratulations to all award winners, especially Charlie Lee from Clonakilty Camera Club who was crowned regional winner with his beautiful image ‘Golden Plover’.  We’d love to show you his image, plus all other awards, but as the judging of the finals hasn’t taken place yet, we have to refrain ourselves!

Thank you to our judge Gerry Kerr for his expert skills. Gerry had the unenviable task of judging solo due to illness of our second judge on the day. Thanks also to Clonakilty Camera Club for their amazing hospitality, to the Celtic Ross Hotel who looked after us all so well at a great venue and to the SACC Committee all their work relating to this event.

We’d also like to say a big thank you to Jim McSweeney for his beautiful calligraphy skills on certificates yesterday!

Report cards will be sent out shortly. Images were marked out of a maximum score of 9 points.  The qualifying mark for all sections was 7 points and above, with the exception of the Projected Open section where the qualifying mark was 6 points.

We hope to see you all travel again to Kilkenny in a few weeks for the finals and with a bit of luck, maybe it’ll be an SACC photographer taking home the silverware this year!!

Click here for list of award winners

Presentation and some other photos from the day are shown below. Click to enlarge.