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How I Took That Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

Taking his second first place in a row, Finbarr O’Shea had plenty to spare this time around when he won Grade A in our fourth internal competition of the year, by the substantial margin of 47 points, with the steam train image below. The theme was ‘Vintage’ and this is how he made it:

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As part of their tour of south munster, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) ran a train pulled by steam engines 85 & 461 to Midleton on Sat.9th May and members of the East Cork Camera Group went to various locations along the route.

I joined a few of them at Midleton station where we got a few shots of the train arriving, pulled by steam engine No. 85. Shortly after, engine No. 461 came to pull the train on its return journey.

It was now time for us to go to our cars and find a vantage point for the return leg. I settled for the level crossing at Waterock just outside the town, where I got my picture.

The camera settings were f5.6 1/400sec, ISO200, lens 24/70 at 70mm.

Well done Finbarr

See also:
How I took that Shot – Kevin Day
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table

ECCG ‘Vintage’ Competition – 02/06/2015

‘Vintage’ was the theme of the fourth internal competition of 2015 held at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 02/06/15. Following two viewings of the twenty two entries, marks were awarded which yielded the following results:

Results

Finbarr O’Shea was, once again, the winner of Grade A by a margin of 47 points with a fantastic steam train image made at Waterock, Midleton on 9th May last. Anthony O’Connor took second again while third place went to Karen Fleming.

Kevin Day had his third win of the year in Grade B with Trevor O’Connell again in second and Joe Keniry in third.

Noelle Lowney took first in Grade C while Jim Curtin and Catherine Millad took second and third respectively.

In the overall high scores across all three Grades Finbarr O’Shea, Kevin Day and Anthony O’Connor took 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 overall winning entry 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 Day
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table

How I Took That Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

In one of the most exciting vote counts the Group has seen in recent times, Finbarr O’Shea came from behind to win Grade A in our third internal competition of the year by a single point in the very last vote, with the beautiful image below. The theme was ‘Night’ and this is how he made it:

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My picture for the night competition was the cruise ship, Celebrity Eclipse.The picture was taken in May 2010 when the ship stayed overnight at Cobh cruise terminal.

The photo was taken with a Canon 5d mk2 with a 24/70 lens at 55mm, F5.6, 1 sec, ISO 200, on a tripod.

Well done Finbarr

See also:
How I took that Shot – Kevin Day
How I took that Shot – James Brady
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2015 League Table

How I Took That Shot – Finbarr O’Shea

Coming into the ‘Emotion’ competition, Finbarr O’Shea had a first and two second placings in Grade B already under his belt this year. When the numbers were crunched in the ‘Emotion’ competition he came out on top again with the image below. This is his account of how the image came to be:

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My shot for the recent group competition “Emotion” was a portrait of my granddaughter Mikaela. The shot came about when my son Mark and Mikaela were reacting with one another in the kitchen.

I thought a square crop suited this picture best.

The camera settings for the shot were:

f5.6 1/60 sec 400 ISO, with speedlight flash, focal length 70mm.

– Finbarr

 

ECCG ‘Silhouette’ Competition – 20/5/14

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photo: Finbarr O’Shea

Thirty one members attended the third internal competition of the year at the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 20/5/14. The theme was ‘Silhouette’ which had members practically gasping for inspiration when it was first announced a couple of months back but as you can see in the slideshow below, interpretation was diverse among the twenty-three entries received.

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Number crunching: Anthony OConnor and Denis Barry by Karen Fleming

Following two viewings of the projected images, scores were awarded, checked and entered into our new results program. 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each Grade and overall, were projected ‘live’ on-screen as the results were recorded which made for a fascinating spectacle as competitors in the top places changed and interchanged as the process developed.  There were some tight battles in some grades and it was great to see some of our newest members feature in the top three of Grade C.

With the final results computed and checked, the winners and runners up were declared and it was no surprise to anyone to see Karen Fleming make it a hat-trick of wins for the year in Grade A. The results were as follows:

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Above photographs of the winners and runners up with Chairperson, Denis Barry, by Finbarr O’Shea and Mervyn Daly.

See all entries below. Mouse over the image to see and activate the slideshow control buttons and photographer’s details. Well done to everyone who entered. Enjoy.

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