Our 2026 Winners are:
Winner (Adult Category)
Shane Oakley
Judge’s view:
Capturing birds in flight is one of the more challenging tasks in photography and this image of a siskin (or greenfinch?) and a chaffinch in full combative mode is brilliantly executed. The subjects are perfectly sharp, with the soft out of focus background providing the perfect colours as a backdrop for this beautiful image.
Winner (Junior)
Ariadne Callander
Thanks to everyone who took part, and special thanks to Coolbawn Cross Photography for supporting this project for so many years.
Participants:
Ber Hally
Caroline Murphy
Franci Corbett
Garry Moore
Martin Gibson
Mary O'Sullivan
Christine Kelly
Sally Cantillon
Sean McInerney
Shane Stanley
Susan Murphy
Tom Spencer
Wioletta Kubula