Welcome to the Dublin Camera Club Nature Group’s web page
The DCC Nature Group is a special interest group for members of Dublin Camera Club. We share a love of Nature and Wildlife photography, and we are at all different levels in the club some very Novice and some very Advanced, most somewhere in between. Over the year some meetings will have invited speakers on specific nature topics while other meetings will be members discussing issues around Nature & Wildlife (N&W) Photography.
Next Nature Zoom Meetings
- FIAP nature rules (see link below).
- To be eligible for Nature Photographer of the Year Award members should submit 4 images. The aggregate of the best 3 scores of the 4 will be used for placings and overall winner.
- Images that were entered in our previous DCC Annual Nature Competitions cannot be entered in this year’s Nature Competition.
- Images may be in colour or monochrome.
- One image may be entered into each of the four categories or multiple images into some categories.
Our Gallery
Our nature gallery is an opportunity for nature group members to display their images on a chosen nature theme. Click HERE for our current Gallery which features images submitted by members:
What is Nature or Wildlife photography?
Most members just want to enjoy photographing nature and wildlife but there is a precise definition of what is Nature or Wildlife photography (they do differ) and what you can do to an image in post processing to enter it in a competition under either heading. If you are entering competitions in either genre then these definitions are necessary. These are set out by FIAP/PSA HERE and endorsed by Dublin Camera Club for any of its competitions under either category.
Nature Photographers' Code of Practice
Linked HERE is a code of practice from the UK RPS Nature Group. Basically it is a code of practice that we would subscribe to. There are references in it to pieces of legislation which are of course UK Acts. We will in due course identify the Irish equivalents where such exist. Meanwhile we remember that we are nature lovers first and photographers second so the basic principle is: The welfare of the subject is more important than the photograph.
Nature Links
Competition Websites - Images / Results
Nature Photographer of the Year
Close-up Photographer of the Year
International Garden Photographer of the Year (Not completely nature but some images are of interest to nature photographers)
Links to images of Guest Speakers
Other links
Some Nature links have been moved to the Useful Links page
Contact Us
Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you wish to join the group or if you have ideas, suggestions, tell us what we are doing wrong or even right or any other reason.