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How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

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No stranger to the winners’ enclosure, Finbarr O’Shea took first place in Grade A in our recent ‘Easter‘ competition with the comedic shot above. This is how he made it:

My shot for the Easter competition was taken in the Curragh Wood near Midleton. I bought a few bags of mini eggs and headed for the wood a few eggs lighter!

I placed them in different positions and shot a variety of images. Later, I processed a few in Lightroom, and picked one that i was happy with. In the meantime, following a club tutorial on compositing images, I gave it a try, dropping in a bird on to the main image, using Perfect Photo Suite 9.

The main picture was shot at F.8 1/10 sec ISO 100. The bird was shot at F.8 1/320 sec 400 ISO no flash.

 – Finbarr O’Shea

 

See also:
How I took that Shot – Zane Llewellyn
How I took that Shot – Eileen Upton
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table 

Finbarr O’Shea LIPF

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IPF President, Michael O’Sullivan FIPF, FRPS, presenting the award to Finbarr O’Shea LIPF.

ECCG member, Finbarr O’Shea, was awarded a well deserved Licentiate of the Irish Photographic Federation at the IPF Distinction Sitting at the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church St, Portlaoise on Saturday 5th March 2016.

Well done Finbarr!

Click here to see Finbarr’s successful L-panel.

 

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

 

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.

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

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!

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See also:
How I took that Shot – Fidelma Read
How I took that Shot – R.J. Mani
How I took that Shot – Keith Johnson
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table

How I took that Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

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Finbarr O’Shea took second place in Grade A in our recent ‘Summer Fun’ competition with this fantastic family fun moment. This is how it came about:

I chose this shot for the recent group competition “Summer Fun” which I took at Fota Gardens, where my two granddaughters, two sons and myself went for a picnic.

Soon after, the fun started with rolling down the hills on the lawn, racing one another and jumping to see who could jump the highest.

I was hoping to do some macro photography but it was not to be as I was nominated to take the pictures. At least I didn’t have to do any jumping!

A few weeks later I was looking for a shot for the competition and thought maybe the jumping shot at Fota might fit the bill.

Taken with a Canon 6D with a 100mm Canon macro lens set at f8 1/400 sec 400iso.
I shot it at a low angle to increase the apparent height of the jump.I then tweaked it a little in Lightroom.

– Finbarr O’Shea

See also:
How I took that Shot – Kevin Barry (Not published yet)
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table 

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

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.

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

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!

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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