Your Images Can Win Prizes!

Fancy your chances as a prize-winning photographer? If so, you are invited to join us in a Photographic Competition at Lough Allen on Sunday, October 24th. Members will meet for car pooling at 9.15am in The Crescent, Boyle, and then on to Dumshanbo Mart for 10am for a briefing at the start of a project to capture the flora, fauna, landscape, buildings and people of Lough Allen on that day.
The best digital images will win prizes, including dinner with wine for six people at the Ramada Hotel, Drumshanbo; a year's subscription to Outdoor Photography Magazine; a family ticket to the Cineplex in Carrick on Shannon; or a year's free membership to Boyle Camera Club.
Club member Frances Farrell and her family are behind the competition, which arose from their passion for the wonderful natural landscape in and around the Lough Allen area. Frances and her husband David run http://www.loughallenbasin.com/, which promotes the area as a exceptional place to live and work – with a unique ecology which supports species of birds and animals that are rare not just in Ireland, but in the whole world.
Although the light and unpredictable weather conditions of late October will pose certain challenges to everyone taking part in the competition, there will still be opportunities to capture images that will highlight the natural beauty of this special place. The best photographs will then be used on the Lough Allen website, although the copyright remains with the photographer.
Photographs, WHICH MUST BE TAKEN ON THE DAY OF THE COMPETITION, should be sent to Boyle Camera Club via e-mail (info@boylecameraclub.com) by October 31st for judging. Details of how to do this will be circulated at the briefing , when non-members can join us for the day at a cost of €10. You will need your membership number in order to enter the competition!
Our thanks to the Farrell family for the time and effort they have invested in this competition – please help to make it a success by turning up on the day and by spreading the word to others who may be interested.
LGC