Irish Photographic Federation
2025 National Final
Online Competition Catalogue
Judged byAnne Cassidy FRPS FIPF AFIAP;
Gabriel O'Shaughnessy FIPF FRPS MFIAP EFAIP/p;
John Miskelly FIPFon Saturday 26th of April 2025
This catalogue presents the prize-winning images from the six sections of the Irish Photographic Federation's National Photography Competition along with top scoring images (scores 15 and 14). This cataloge is available to download in the entrants personal entry space within the competition system. Congratulations to all who took part and to those who won awards and honorable mentions. With thanks to our sponsors Bermingham Cameras who provided a €1,500 voucher for image of the competition, awarded to Charlie O'Donovon of Cork Camera Group.Ita HegartyCompetition Co-ordinator
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'SERENITY' by Paul Reidy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Gold Creative
'The Race' by Charlie ODonovan (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Gold Landscape and Overall Image of the Competition
'Magical Discovery' by David Wolahan (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Gold People
'Preying Mantis' by John Lambe (Dungannon Cookstown Camera Club)North East Region Gold Macro
'Tackled' by Michael Linehan (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Gold Activity
'Architectural Angles' by Mark Stewart (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Gold Urban
'Stay with me and hold me tight' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Silver Creative
'Water Trees' by Charlie ODonovan (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Silver Landscape
'One Man and His Horse' by Arthur Carron (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Silver People
'Soldier Beetle' by Gerard Murtagh (Clones Photography Club)North East Region Silver Macro
'Going for Blood' by Louise Skelly (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East Region Silver Activity
'Bolands dock' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Silver Urban
'Vase and Chalice' by Gerry Campion (Midlands Photography Club)Mid West Region Bronze Creative
'Alone in the Fog' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Bronze Landscape
'Sensual Desire' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Bronze People
'Caterpillar with dew drops' by Michael Linehan (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Bronze Macro
'Hanging on' by Kathleen Hayes (Clonakilty Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Bronze Activity
'The Oculus' by David Larkin (Dublin Camera Club)Mid East Region Bronze Urban
'Forest forms' by Gerard Mulhall (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Honourable Mention Creative
'Grass Sand 4' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Honourable Mention Landscape
'Only two of us' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Honourable Mention People
'WATER AND OIL 1' by Paul Reidy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Honourabe Mention Macro
'That Hurt' by Kevin Day (East Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Honourable Mention Activity
'Reflections' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Honourable Mention Urban
'The Great Art Robbery' by Paul Gibney (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Honourable Mention Creative
'Donegal Sunset' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Honourable Mention Landscape
'Red scarf' by Gerard Mulhall (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Honourable Mention People
'Tied Up' by Vincent Higgins (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Honourabe Mention Macro
'Hurdles Girl in Santry' by George Pacini (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Honourable Mention Activity
'New York Skyline' by Lorraine Morris (Palmerstown Camera Club)Mid East Region Honourable Mention Urban
'Breaking the surface' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 15 Creative
'Look what have you done' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 Creative
'Pier' by Charlie ODonovan (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 Creative
'Grannys Table' by Helen Maloney (Athlone Photography Club)Mid West Region Scored 15 Creative
'Time is Passing' by Lorraine Morris (Palmerstown Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 15 Creative
'Hut on the sea shore' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 Landscape
'ART LOVER' by Joanne Halligan (Drogheda Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 15 People
'waif' by John Mullane (Blackwater Photographic Society)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 People
'Gangster' by Paul Madigan (Blackwater Photographic Society)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 People
'Face to face' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 People
'Ruairi' by Gerry Campion (Midlands Photography Club)Mid West Region Scored 15 People
'The Long Goodbye' by Lorraine Morris (Palmerstown Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 15 People
'Enjoying the light' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 15 Macro
'Help Me' by Dalia Guzauskaite (Carrickmacross Camera Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Three automobiles' by Dalia Guzauskaite (Carrickmacross Camera Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Veins of Rust and Roses' by Joanne Halligan (Drogheda Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Defying Gravity' by Joanne Halligan (Drogheda Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Enchanted with Blooms and Bees' by Joanne Halligan (Drogheda Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Fallen angel' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Birdman' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Seeking' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Cloisters Ballerina' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Lady Slipper Orchid' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Contemplating life' by Gerard Mulhall (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'The passion' by Gerard Mulhall (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Egret In Flight Wexford' by John Lambe (Dungannon Cookstown Camera Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'On The Dice' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Handmaids Tale' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'RENAISSANCE LADY' by Paul Reidy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Time to say goodbye Tony' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'ECHOES FROM THE OLDE TOWN' by Paul Reidy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Ladies Pool' by Charlie ODonovan (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Mia' by Seamus Costelloe (Kilkenny Photographic Society)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Mary4' by Seamus Costelloe (Kilkenny Photographic Society)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Lemon Ice' by Viv Buckley (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'The Punk' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Creative
'Ethereal Elegance' by Justine OSullivan (Midlands Photography Club)Mid West Region Scored 14 Creative
'Sunset Symphony' by Justine OSullivan (Midlands Photography Club)Mid West Region Scored 14 Creative
'The Dance' by Paul Gibney (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Walkers on the Beach' by Brian McKeown (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Poppies' by Barbara FitzGeraldSkelly (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'The Madams Accounts' by Mark Taylor (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Perspectives' by Mark Taylor (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo' by Joe Doyle (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Grieving Monkey' by Lorraine Morris (Palmerstown Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Princess dream' by Seamus Byrne (Boyne Valley Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Black church' by Seamus Byrne (Boyne Valley Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Creative
'Vanishing Point' by Enda Quinn (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Boyne mist' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Shroove pier' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Bellurgan tranquility' by Barry Kieran (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'A Walk on Tullan Strand' by Clodagh Tumilty (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Icelandic Church' by Arthur Carron (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Kylemore Tree' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Hamnoy Sunrise' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Haukland Pastel Sunrise' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Corfe Castle Misty Dawn' by Mark Gorman (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Country Roads' by Sinclair Adair (Clonmel Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Retreating Glacier' by Hugh OConnor (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Hideway' by Charlie ODonovan (Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Sunrise Monument Valley' by Mandeep Kumar (East Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Zig Zag Luskentyre' by Viv Buckley (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Coumeenoole Beach in the Winter' by Barry Murphy (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Landscape
'Tollymore in Autumn' by james brett (Midlands Photography Club)Mid West Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Coastal Beacon' by Niall OBrien (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Carton House boathouse' by Mark Taylor (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'San Lazarro' by Joe Doyle (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Great South Wall Storm' by Joe Doyle (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Whiterock Beach Sunrise' by Conor OBrien (Raheny Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Elgol Pier' by Conor OBrien (Raheny Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Landscape
'Family Grief Romania' by John Butler (Drogheda Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 People
'Gracious Lady' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 People
'Emotional Expression' by Seamus Mulcahy (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 People
'Brothers' by Michael Strapec (Blarney Photography Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 People
'My Little Pony' by Eileen Upton (East Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 People
'At the Horse Fair' by Micheal Cusack (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 People
'Dress Rehersal' by David Wolahan (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 People
'My little Pony' by Tony Murray (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 People
'Elle Beth At The Birdcage' by Joe Doyle (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 People
'At the end of a long day' by Alice OBrien (Dublin Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 People
'Who is she' by Seamus Byrne (Boyne Valley Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 People
'Common field grasshopper' by Ailish Sands (An Tain Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Wasp' by Ailish Sands (An Tain Photographic Club)North East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Common Darter' by Gerard Murtagh (Clones Photography Club)North East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Wolf Spider with Fly' by John Lambe (Dungannon Cookstown Camera Club)North East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Grasshopper Stare' by Mary Kinsella (Carrick-on-Suir Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Macro
'The Frog' by Vincent Higgins (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Macro
'Twins' by Vincent Higgins (Mallow Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Macro
'Coupled' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Macro
'New Life' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Macro
'Rhagionidae Snipe Fly' by Lorraine Kelly (Palmerstown Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Apache Jumping Spider' by Stephanie Ryan (St. Brigids)Mid East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Frozen Bubble' by Stephanie Ryan (St. Brigids)Mid East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Emerald Damselfly' by Alice OBrien (Dublin Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Macro
'Running on Water' by Kevin Day (East Cork Camera Group)Southern Association of Camera ClubsScored 14 Activity
'Classact' by Seamus Costelloe (Kilkenny Photographic Society)Southern Association of Camera ClubsScored 14 Activity
'Splash Of The Ash' by John ONeill (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera ClubsScored 14 Activity
'Rugby Ballet' by Owen Nally (Solas Photography Club)Mid West RegionScored 14 Activity
'Missed Tackle' by Michael Linehan (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East RegionScored 14 Activity
'DUSTY WORK IN GORMANSTOWN' by Shea Kavanagh (Celbridge Camera Club)Mid East RegionScored 14 Activity
'In full speed' by Barbara FitzGeraldSkelly (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East RegionScored 14 Activity
'Artic Surf' by Louise Skelly (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East RegionScored 14 Activity
'Waterford Medieval Museum' by Jonathan Power (Catchlight Camera Club)North East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Guggenheim' by Enda Quinn (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Messedamme Station' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Valencia 1' by David Martin (Dundalk Photographic Society)North East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Sleepy Thames' by Sinclair Adair (Clonmel Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Urban
'Big Ben' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs Scored 14 Urban
'Venice at Sunset' by Louise Skelly (Clondalkin Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Hero in a half shell' by Mark Stewart (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Roller Bladers' by Tony Murray (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Stepping Down' by Tony Murray (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Science Museum Valencia' by Mark Taylor (Malahide Camera Club)Mid East Region Scored 14 Urban
'Look up' by Owen ODonohoe (Waterford Camera Club)Southern Association of Camera Clubs
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