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How I took that Shot – R.J. Mani

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R.J. Mani took first place in Grade B in our recent ‘Winter’ competition with the clever shot above. This is how he made the image:

After announcement for winter competition for January I was a bit stuck, as for me winter was always snow and ice and this was impossible for me as we only got flood and rain here. After brain storming and internet search I decided to do a indoor shoot in front of the fire which we do in winter time here.

For this composition few things were needed like bottle of wine, winter feel looking socks and beautiful fireplace and fire. My wife and I manage to get all in order and used studio light shooting from the right back. Camera was placed in line with the middle of the fireplace with 50 mm lens tethering straight to the laptop in Lightroom. The camera was also placed on tripod with 2-second timer. After some trial and error I managed to get the right shot I wanted.

The image was processed in Lightroom with a minimal touch of clarity, contrast, temperature and crop.

Camera: Canon 6D, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

Setting : Manual mode, 1/5 sec at f/8.0 ISO 640, centre weighted metering, Manual focus.

– R.J. Mani

How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson

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Keith Johnson took first place in Grade C in our recent ‘Winter’ competition with the beautiful landscape shot above. This is how he made the image:

The photo was taken on 2016/01/07. I had a couple of hours to spare in Killarney and luckily found I had the camera in the boot of the car. I headed up to Ladies View thinking the snow and sun would be better there but there was only a sparse covering so I headed back down and stopped at a flooded Long Range, to take a quick look.

It has never been my favorite place but it looked good so took the camera out and waded out till I could find a good view. I waited for the sun to show in the background and quickly took one handheld shot. My feet were freezing by now so I skipped back to the car pretty quickly!

Taken about 2 pm with a Canon 650d.. lens 18-55 ..f22, 1/13,100 ISO

– Keith Johnson

ECCG ‘Winter’ Competition – 19/01/2016

‘Winter’ was the theme of the first internal competition of 2016 held at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 19/01/16. Following two viewings of the eighteen entries, marks were awarded which yielded the following results:

Results

: 2nd Grade A – Denis Barry

: 3rd Grade A – Anthony O’Connor

Fidelma Read took first place in Grade A with an outstanding portrait while Denis Barry was second and Anthony O’Connor, third, beating Finbarr O’Shea to the spot on the very last vote.

: 1st Grade B – RJ Mani

: 2nd Grade B – Joe Keniry

: 3rd Grade B – Noelle Lowney

RJ Mani continued his winning streak by coming first in Grade B beating Joe Keniry and Noelle Lowney who came second and third respectively.

: 1st Grade C – Keith Johnson

: 2nd Grade C – Magda Mani

: 3rd Grade C – Jim Curtin

Keith Johnson came first in Grade C with a fine winter landscape from Killarney while Magda Mani and Jim Curtin took the second and third spots.

In the overall high scores across all three Grades, the Grade A results were replicated with Fidelma Read, Denis Barry and Anthony O’Connor taking the honours.

Well done to all entrants, especially those new members entering for the first time, and congratulations to those who gained valuable points towards this year’s Photographer of the Year competition.

The image below is the winning entry in Grade A by Fidelma Read. Click the image to see all the entries. Enjoy!

ECCG ‘Summer Fun’ Competition – 15/09/2015

‘Summer Fun’ was the theme of the fifth internal competition of 2015 held at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 15/09/15. Following two viewings of the nineteen entries, marks were awarded which yielded the following results:

results

: Winner Grade A – Anthony OConnor

: Second Grade A – Finbarr OShea

In a reversal of places from our last competition, Anthony O’Connor took first place and Finbarr O’Shea took second. Third place went to Fidelma Read.

: Winner Grade B – Kevin Barry

: Third Grade B – Joe Keniry

Kevin Day took a break from the winners spot this time around and came second to Kevin Barry while Joe Keniry took the third.

: Winner Grace C – Noelle Lowney

: Second Grade C – Eileen Upton

: Third Grade C – RJ Mani

Noelle Lowney had her second consecutive first place in Grade C while newcomer, Eileen Upton took a well deserved second with RJ Mani coming in third.

In the overall high scores across all three Grades, the Grade A results were replicated with Anthony O’Connor, Finbarr O’Shea and Fidelma Read taking the honours.

Well done to all entrants, especially those new members entering for the first time, and congratulations to those who occupied the first, second and third spots in each Grade who will get 12, 10 and 8 points respectively towards this year’s Photographer of the Year competition.

The image below is the second place entry in Grade A by Finbarr O’Shea. Click the image to see all the entries. Enjoy!

See also:
How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea
How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry (not posted yet)
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table

ECCG Scavenger Hunt – 30/6/15

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The final meeting of the Group before the summer break took place on another beautiful sunny evening on 30/6/15 when we gathered at the Courthouse, Midleton for a scavenger hunt.

We divided into four groups and were given the following random themes, Connects, Reflective, Informative and Wasteful, which were computer generated just before the 7pm ‘off’. The aim was to capture and submit one image per theme per group which would be judged later at the Midleton Park Hotel.

From 8.30pm the groups returned to the hotel and submitted their entries in turn and, following some sorting of the sixteen images, the judging began. With only an hour and a half allotted for shooting the images, the interpretation of the themes produced some great shots and, with absolutely no post-processing, the images were judged straight from camera. With the members voting in their groups, tallying the marks was fast and so results were available very quickly.

The results were as follows:

In third place with 224 points was Group C: Gráinne Davies, Noelle Lowney, Jim Curtin and Joe Keniry.

In second place, with 230 points, was Group D: Finbarr O’Shea, Michael Hickey and Eileen Upton.

In first place, with 234 points, was Group B: John Tait, Lorna O’Dwyer and James Brady.

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The deserving winners were presented with a beautifully themed cake created by the wizard confectioners at Day’s Eurospar Whitegate. The cake remained with the winners long enough to have their photo taken with it and thereafter, was sampled by all in attendance!

Click here to view the gallery of images submitted for the competition. Enjoy.

While ECCG will not have regular meetings during July and August, shoots will continue on a weekly basis and meetings will resume again on 1st September next. If you think you would like to get involved, contact us using this link.

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