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Inter-Regional Wildlife Competition

This Wildlife only competition will be between the Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA) and the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF). The definition of Wildlife will be as per FIAP rules. While this is competition between the respective Nature Groups, the entry will be an individual one, with no selection process. The competition will be hosted by alternative organisations, with the IPF hosting the first one in November 2018. NIPA will host it in 2019. It is a PDI only competition.

 

In Summary:

  1. This will be an annual competition hosted by alternative organisations.

  2. It will be PDI only.

  3. Closing date for entries will be Sunday 29th December 2019, emailed to northvsouthnature@gmail.com

  4. There is no entry fee.

  5. Entries will be restricted to Wildlife only as per FIAP rules.

  6. Entries will be limited to 4 PDIs per person. They should be jpg format,  not exceed 1600px by 1200px and be in the sRGB colour space.

  7. The format of file names is not important so long as we can identify the author e.g "ImageTitle_YourName_Your Club"

  8. 3 prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with certificates for other placed images, 2 highly commended and 3 commended.

  9. Where the top images score the same mark, the judge will be asked to pick their 1st, 2nd and 3rd and placed images.

  10. The overall honours will go to the organisation with the highest score after summing the scores of the top 30 images from each organisation.

  11. No trophy will be awarded for the top organisation, just the honour of winning.

  12. Date:      1pm, Saturday 18th January 2020

  13. Venue:    Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island National Nature Reserve, Craigavon, Co. Armagh, BT66 6NJ  Google Maps

ENTRY CLOSED

In its 5th year this Wildlife only competition (following the definition of Wildlife as per FIAP rules) is between the Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA) and the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF). While this is a competition between the respective Nature Groups, the entry will be an individual one, with no selection process. This year the competition results and feedback will be hosted by the IPF Nature Group on Saturday 11th  February 2023 at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin - Start time to be confirmed.

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Judges:            Gordon Rae MPAGB, ARPS,  Scotland & GB Nature Photographer of the year winner.

                        Rod Wheelans MPAGB, FRPS, MFIAP, FIPF, HonPAGB, HonSPF
                        

In Summary:

1.      This is an annual competition hosted by alternative organisations.

2.      It is for Projected Digital Images only.

3.      Closing date for entries will be Sunday 22nd January 2023, emailed to northvsouthnature@gmail.com

4.      There is no entry fee.

5.      Entries will be restricted to Wildlife only as per the FIAP rules.

6.      There are two Categories

                             1. Macro

                             2. All wildlife other than Macro

7.      Entries will be limited to 4 PDIs per person. They can be divided across both categories i.e. - 3 in Macro & 1 in wildlife or 4 in Macro etc but limited to 4 per                     person ONLY .

8.     They should be jpg format, not exceed 1600px by 1200px and be in the sRGB colour space.

9.      Images entered in a previous Inter-Regional Competition are not eligible.

10.    The format of file names is important for administrative reasons and so that we can identify the author etc i.e. "Image Title_Category_Your Name_Your Club".                 Where images are not clearly marked for either category organisers reserve the right to place it in the correct category.

11.    Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in both categories with certificates for other placed images.

12.    Where the top images score the same mark, the judges will be asked to pick their 1st, 2nd and 3rd and placed images.

13.    The overall honours will go to the organisation with the highest score after summing the scores of the top 30 images from each organisation.

14.    No trophy will be awarded for the top organisation, just the honour of winning.

15.    Date:     Saturday 11th February 2023, 11am

16.    Venue:   Botanic Gardens  Glasnevin Dublin 9, Eircode - D09 VY63

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This year's Inter-Regional Wildlife Competition, the 5th running of this perpetual competition was hosted by the IPF.

 

We had a fantastic entry from both the IPF and NIPA, with a total of 368 images across the two sections, Wildlife and Macro.

 

These were independently judged by Gordon Rae MPAGB, ARPS and Rod Wheelans MPAGB, FRPS, MFIAP, FIPF, HonPAGB, HonSPF

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On Saturday 11th Feb results and feedback were given at the Botanic House in Dublin, a great day enjoyed by all.

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Both judges provided excellent feedback on all of  the images, many thanks, Gordon and Rod.

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Congratulations to everyone who entered and to those who had placed images.

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Congratulations to the IPF who just pipped us by 29 points to take the overall honour of the top Federation.

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While NIPA may have lost out on the overall honours, we did win the gold and bronze medal in each section. Well done guys.

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Full results are available below, along with all the NIPA images.

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Looking forward to next year.

Placed Images

Other Images

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