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2nd New Year Circuit 2018 results
Another great result for me this week in the Serbia New Year 2018 circuit. For the first time I received awards in Nature for my landscape images “Sands of Time” and “Upper Antelope”, both images I captured this exact week last year. I also received more awards this circuit than ever before with a total
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Miroc Circuit results!
Delighted this week to receive two PSA gold medals and an HM in the Miroc salon circuit. Not only that but I received 37 out of possible 64 acceptances; also every work was accepted in at least on salon. “6th MIROC Exhibition Donji Milanovac 2018”, Donji Milanovac, Serbia Gold PSA medal: Niall Whelan, Ireland,
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Art Nude Edit
I edited an image yesterday and was very pleased with the final outcome. So today I thought I’d try and recreate the same style and overall look in another image from the same shoot. Of course yesterday I flattened my edited image in Photoshop, so I was only going by memory and eye balling the
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PSA Gold Medal – “Stratified“, CRNA GORA CIRCUIT 2017 – Niksic
Very pleasant surprise to end this year with a PSA Gold Medal:-) I’ve tended not to enter Salon circuits much this year, but the Montenegro CRNA GORA Circuit proved very fruitful, with a total of 43 acceptances out of possible 60. I also received 5 awards in total: PSA Gold Medal – “Stratified“, CRNA GORA
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Abstract textures
So ambling along in the woods today I inadvertently released the shutter and produced a pleasing abstract image (above). So I took ten minutes to create a few more slow shutter speed creations while moving the camera in various directions in the forest. I think the result make a nice collection of textures or maybe
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2nd Nordic Salon acceptances
This year was my fist time to enter the Nordic Salon encompassing Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. I entered 8 images to this circuit, and had a total of 5 images accepted. However, only two images out of eight were accepted in each leg of the circuit. Lucky for me the judges found something worthy
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Club POTY October 2017
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to attain the title Advanced Photographer of the Year in Celbridge Camera club. This accalade took me ten years to achieve, so was much appreciated when I finally won the title. The POTY competition is somewhat of a numbers game. 6 images submitted in 6 monthly rounds, so
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Funding my passion
Photography can be an expensive hobby, especially if you have diverse interests and less time than you would like to make better economic decisions. Over the years I have balanced spending money on equipment, travel, models, and other project needs, with time available to research the best options. Inevitably, I tend to try make informed
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San Gimignano, first impressions…
We’re on a family vacation this week, our first ever visit to the Tuscany region of Italy. Staying just outside the beautiful town of San Gimignano, I couldn’t help but take the camera out every chance I’ve had so far. No point in describing it, I’ll just show some images in the gallery…
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ARTFOTO 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina
I received good news today from my latest salon entry ARTFOTO 2017. I was hoping my landscape and travel photos would have an impact but in the end only one image “Upper Antelope” made the acceptance grade. On a positive note I received two awards for art nudes works: “Joy” and “Cresent Duet” both on