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Oscailt
Irish Photographic Federation
Newsletter
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Welcome to the September edition of our Newsletter. Congratulations to all who received awards in the recent National Nature and Wildlife Photography Competition. Special congratulations to Pascal Lee of Blarney Photographic Club on being awarded the Image of the Competition for “The Catch”. I again wish to thank all who helped make the competition and the presentation ceremony such a success. Details of the results are included in this edition.
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A special word of thanks to the members of Kilkenny Photographic Society for organising the presentation ceremony. I’d also like to thank Dom Redding, our Vice President, for standing in for me on the day. I am looking forward to the National Shield competition returning to prints. It really is great to have the opportunity to see panels of high quality prints on display. The Shield will take place in Drogheda this year and there is preliminary information below.
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Prior to this we have the upcoming IPF Distinction Assessment in Portlaoise to look forward to on this Saturday September 30th. The quality of the images put forward for assessment continues to improve and it is a privilege to be able to view them close up. Working towards one of the IPF Distinctions is a great way to improve your photography.
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Don’t forget to support your clubs and enter the various club competitions.
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What's Inside this Edition?
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AV National Championsips 2023 - Final Call for Entries
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IPF Distinctions
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National Shield
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National Nature and Wildlife Photography Competition
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IPF Audio-Visual National Championships 2023
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All submitted entries should be in mp4 format only, named with the sequence title e.g. (“My Show” will be delivered as MyShow.mp4 and NOT Project 1.mp4).
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All sequences should be standalone files and must run with no additional software requirements. Each sequence must run without software promotion slides and in full screen format. If a sequence does not meet these requirements, it will not be
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accepted for the competition. The sequence file and all other material should bear the name of the sequence as printed on the entry/identification form. All sequences will be copied to the hard drive for projection at the Irish National Audio-Visual Championships 2023.
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Sequence material/Identification sheets for both competitions:
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All Identification sheets must be submitted online and can be accessed at:
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Entries shall arrive not later than 23:59 Friday 29th September 2023
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Or pay direct to bank Payments can be made to the Honorary Treasurer Liam Haines, through PayPal avnationals@gmail.com (note this is a NEW PayPal a/c) or the IPF AV Group bank account.
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Note we have a new bank account with Permanent TSB.- Please update the Bank Transfer details to:-
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Permanent TSB BIC: IPBSIE2D
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IBAN: IE75IPBS99065633994986
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a copy of the transaction, so we know whom to confirm payment by email. Full rules and entry requirements below:
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Chairman, IPF AV Group Committee
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IPF Distinctions
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Our next distinction sitting is this Saturday September 30th in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, commencing at 9 through until mid-afternoon. It promises to be a great session with a number of fellowship, associate and licentiateship applications for assessment.
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The next distinction sitting will be on November 18th in Thurlus, details to follow shortly on the IPF website.
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The IPF National Shield will revert to its traditional PRINT format this year.
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The date for your diaries is Saturday 25th November at the Barbican Centre, Drogheda, County Louth
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Participating clubs will have to register via the IPF website, and upload digital copies of their colour and mono panels, consisting of 8 prints for each panel.
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The rules for 2023 will be published as soon as possible, and the IPF website registration system will be live towards the end of October.
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Drogheda Photographic Club are the reigning National Shield Champions - make sure YOUR club participates to see if you can become the winners this year! We will gladly deal with any queries in due course.
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National Shield, Competition Coordinator
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IPF National Nature and Wildlife Photography Competition
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Kilkenny Photographic Society would like to thank all clubs and their members that supported our day running the IPF National Nature & Wildlife Competition 2023. The day started with a talk from renowned wildlife photographer Gordon Rae MPAGB ARPS who provided an insight to his images taken while covering “A Long Journey North” highlighting the birds of Northern Scotland and Iceland. Gordon's ability to tell a story leaves the audience always wanting more. KPS would like to thank Gordon for his time and for sharing his passion for wildlife photography with us on the day.
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We would also like to thank everyone that sponsored our raffle with some amazing prizes and to those that purchased tickets. We also want to congratulate all of the winners and all of the entrants who provided us with a great show of wildlife images on the day that was inspirational and shows the hard work and dedication that goes into this genre of photography.
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Thank you to the IPF for trusting us with their event and to our amazing group of volunteers that worked hard to make the day a success including our chairman Denis O’Reilly and co-ordinator Suzanne Behan who again pulled off a great event. Lastly a huge thank you to Brian and Bermingham Cameras for their continued support to our club and to nature photography sponsoring the overall prize won by Pascal Lee Blarney CC, Congrats Pascal from everyone at KPS. Winning images and presentations can be seen on the IPF Facebook page:
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Flora Category IPF National Nature & Wildlife Competition 2023
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Honourable Mention - Brian Deering Kilkenny P S “Asphodel”
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Honourable Mention - Feargal Quinn - Navan C C “Forest Night Light”
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3rd Place - Sigita Playdon - Solas P C “Bog Orchid”
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2nd Place - Helen McQuillan - Ennis C C “Fly Orchid Gortlecka”
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1st Place - Feargal Quinn - Navan C C “Late Evening Mushrooms
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Fauna Category IPF National Nature & Wildlife Competition 2023
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Honourable Mention -Paul Madigan - Blackwater P S “Playful Jays”
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Honourable Mention - Rory O’Connor- Blarney P C “A Mouthful”
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3rd Place - Christine Taylor- Celbridge C C “Alert Red Fox”
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2nd Place - Paul Madigan - Blackwater P S “Posing Reed Bunting”
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1st Place - Des Glynn - Solas P C “Pine Marten”
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Macro Category IPF National Nature & Wildlife Competition 2023
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Honourable Mention - Suzanne Behan - Kilkenny P S “Small White Feeding”
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Honourable Mention - Sigita Playdon - Solas P C “ Lunch Served”
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3rd Place - Michael Linehan - Celbridge C C “Caterpillar”
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2nd Place - Enda O’Loughlin - Solas P C “Porcelain in the Wood”
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1st Place - Sigita Playdon - Solas P C “Tiger Caterpillar”
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Wildlife Category IPF National Nature & Wildlife Competition 2023
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Honourable Mention - Kieran O’Mahony - Blackwater P S “The Hungry Fledgings”
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Honourable Mention - Christine Taylor- Celbridge CC “Cheetah Brothers in the African Rain”
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3rd Place -Ann Francis Cork C G “Irish Hare”
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2nd Place -Kieran O’Mahony Blackwater PS “The Feeding Post”
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1st Place -Pascal Lee Blarney P C “The Catch”
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Congratulations to Pascal Lee from Blarney PC on winning the 2023 IPF National Nature & Wildlife Image of the Competition with his image titled "The Catch"
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Pascal receives the sponsors prize of a voucher to the value of €500 kindly donated by Bermingham Cameras
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