Well done to Terry MacSweeney on winning the Unrestricted Category of our Macro competition with his photo titled ‘Bugzilla’. Check out the gallery of entries here. The results were:

Unrestricted Category

  • 1. BugzillaTerry MacSweeney – Bugzilla
  • 2. 10-adrian-healy-drip-dripAdrian Healy – Drip Drip
  • 3. 17-billy-horan-early-morning-beside-the-lakeBilly Horan – Early Morning

Well done to Adrian Healy on his winning shot “Drip Drip” in the Novice category for our Macro competition. Adrian’s shot also came second in the Unrestricted category! The results of the Novice category were:

Novice Category

  • 1. 10-adrian-healy-drip-dripAdrian Healy – Drip Drip
  • 2. 18-david-oconnor-bug_2David O’Connor – Bug
  • 3. 01-jane-thomas-inside-tulipJane Thomas – Inside Tulip

Here are the detailed results, check out the gallery of entries here.

Pos No Photographer Title Total
1 11 Terry MacSweeney Bugzilla 119
2 10 Adrian Healy Drip Drip 109
3 17 Billy Horan Early Morning Beside The Lake 108
3 9 Marek Hajdasz Spring Rain Drops 108
5 5 Seamus Long Pink Feather Drop 102
6 20 Micheal OSearcoid Flower 101
7 18 David OConnor bug 93
8 1 Jane Thomas inside tulip 91
9 6 Noel ONeill ReflectionMyEye 89
9 4 Nikki Foley Colour tip 89
11 3 Paul Garnett Wasp in Flight 88
12 7 Yvette Shea Curves 86
12 12 Ellen Lynch Anemone 86
12 19 Maryann Heidtke Needle 86
15 16 Shahriar Shahidi DSC4614 77
15 8 Ille Muul I give you my heart 77
17 15 Michael Kennedy Dying Embers 76
17 2 Finbarr Donovan Spider 76
19 14 John Keane Keeping an eye on you 73

The current photographer of the year table looks like this:

Month: Nov Dec Jan Feb April May
Topic: Open Shadows Mono Open Emotions Textures Macro Open
Pos Name Points
1 Terry Macsweeney 111 16 19 18 18 20 20
2 Marek Hajdasz 94 20 10 19 16 12 17
3 Adrian Healy 91 8 18 15 15 16 19
4 Paul Garnett 86 12 11 20 14 19 10
5 Seamus Long 78 5 14 5 20 18 16
6 John Keane 75 14 17 8 17 17 2
7 Shahriar Shahidi 64 15 12 14 3 14 6
8 Micheal OSearcoid 60 9 4 6 11 15 15
8 Billy Horan 60 6 3 13 7 13 18
10 Nikki Foley 58 10 8 2 19 8 11
11 Yvette Shea 55 11 5 17 13 0 9
12 Noel ONeill 52 17 6 0 8 9 12
13 Kevin Dawson 48 7 20 11 10 0 NE
14 jane thomas 39 NE NE 16 NE 10 13
14 Ille Muul 39 2 16 7 9 NE 5
16 Ellen Lynch 35 0 7 9 4 7 8
17 Evelyn Dore 32 19 0 0 12 1 NE
18 Billy Dermody 31 18 9 4 NE NE NE
19 Keith Johnson 30 4 15 10 1 NE NE
20 Christopher Fitzgerald 25 13 NE 12 NE NE NE
21 David OConnor 19 NE NE NE NE 5 14
22 Maryann Heidtke 18 NE NE NE NE 11 7
23 Eric Jenkinson 15 0 1 3 5 6 NE
24 Thomas Bradley 14 0 13 1 NE NE NE
25 Michael Kennedy 10 NE NE NE 6 0 4
26 Finbarr Donovan 6 NE NE NE NE 3 3
26 Timmy ODonoghue 6 NE NE NE 2 4 NE
28 Mary Cremin 3 1 NE NE NE 2 NE
28 Mark Loughrey 3 3 NE NE NE NE NE
30 Audrey Dower 2 NE 2 NE NE NE NE
31 Yvette Jegouzo 0 0 NE NE NE NE NE
31 David Power 0 0 NE NE NE NE NE
31 Beth Delaney 0 NE NE NE NE 0 NE
31 Elizabeth Delaney 0 0 NE NE NE NE NE