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Orcas in the waters off Tromsø in Norway
Join top yachting photographer Rick Tomlinson for a week-long adventure photographing orcas and humpback whales as they hunt for the herring in the fjords around Tromsø in Norway from 9-16 November. The group will board the expedition yacht Qilak in Tromsø and explore…
French sailor Jeremie Beyou in the Vendee Globe
Some of the world's greatest yacht racing photographers gathered in Paris this week for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award prize giving. Among them, French photographer Loic Venance, winner of the main award thanks to his picture of French sailor Jeremie…
A screenshot from French producer Martin Keruzore's world beating video
The Mirabaud Sailing Video Award 2020 puts the spotlight on ocean racing! French producer Martin Keruzore (Air Vide et Eau Productions) wins this special edition thanks to his magnificent video summarising the 70,000 nautical miles he covered around the world…
Winners Selected in 2020’s ‘Love Your Coast’ Marine Photography Awards
The winners have been chosen in 2020’s Love Your Coast marine photography competition. As the Irish Examiner reports, this year’s awards ceremony went virtual on Facebook Live, with the winning entries across four categories sharing in a €5,000 prize fund.…
Photo Contest To Celebrate ‘Year Of The Salmon’ In Foyle & Carlingford Catchments
The Loughs Agency has announced a photography competition to celebrate the Foyle and Carlingford catchments and International Year of the Salmon. Prizes of vouchers for an online camera shop are up for grabs — in categories for under and over…
Silhouette Swimmer - Photographer Michael Chester's winning photo in the PPAI Sports Features category
Dun Laoghaire-based photographer Michael Chester, an Afloat.ie contributor, won first place in the “Sports Features” category at the Press Photographers Association of Ireland (PPAI) awards last Friday night. The Judges said Chester's photograph of a swimmer showering down after completing the River Liffey…
 The Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image winner is Sören Hese for this aerial image of 505 dnghies running into a world championship leeward mark
134 photographers spanning 27 countries submitted a picture for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2017. Soren Hese (GER) wins the main prize (above), whilst the delegates from the Yacht Racing Forum and World Sailing's annual conference elected Tomas Moya.…
Tomasz Szumski’s photograph ‘Micro Island - Connemara’ was runner-up in the 2017 CommBeBiz contest
#MarinePhoto - A marine researcher at the Marine Institute was recently runner-up in the EU-funded CommBeBiz photography competition with the theme of ‘New Perspectives on the Bio-Economy’. Tomasz Szumski captured the prize-winning shot ‘Micro Island - Connemara’ when he provided…
Mirabaud Racing Image Winner by Jean-Marie Liot
149 photographers spanning 25 countries participated in the seventh edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image. Jean-Marie Liot, from France, won the main award, whilst the delegates from the Yacht Racing Forum and World Sailing's annual conference chose Nico Martinez's…
Dr Peter Heffernan CEO, Doug Allan (centre) with Marine Institute CEO Dr Peter Heffernan (left) and chairman Dr John Killeen
#DougAllan - Multiple Emmy and BAFTA award-winning wildlife cameraman and photographer Doug Allan visited the Marine Institute on Wednesday (16 November) to share his remarkable insight and deep understanding of marine mammals. Having qualified as a marine biologist, Allan now…
Rachel Fallon-Langdon made the list of nominees for the 2016 Mirabaud prize for her shot of Phaedo3 rounding the Needles Lighthouse on 2 July
#Mirabaud - Irish-born marine photographer Rachel Fallon-Langdon has made the list of nominees for the 2016 Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image of the Year Award. Rachel’s submission is a majestic shot of Phaedo3 as the MOD70 trimaran titled in the wind…
#Drones - Filmmakers have been using consumer-grade drones to capture some stunning footage in recent times, and this incredible video of Lough Eske is no exception. Spanish video company eldrone.es launched from the grounds of Solis Lough Eske Hotel in…
Waterways Explorers Photo Competition To Get Primary Pupils Snapping
#PhotoContest - Waterways Ireland has launched its Waterways Explorers Photo Competition for primary schools. The contest is open to entries from fifth and sixth class in the Republic and P6 and P7 pupils in the North. Entering is easy: simply…
Love Your Coast Competition Celebrates Stunning Images of Ireland’s Coastline
#MarinePhotography - An Taisce president Prof John Sweeney was on hand to present prizes to the winners at Clean Coasts’ Love Your Coast Photography Awards, held on Friday 10 October at the Waterways Ireland Visitors Centre in Dublin's Docklands. Celebrating…
New Photo Exhibition Charts Arctic Circle Adventure
#Arctic - The visual fruits of last summer's epic North Of Disko expedition from Galway Bay to Greenland and the Arctic will be on show at a new exhibition in Dublin. TheJournal.ie has a sample of some of Daragh Muldowney's…
NatGeo Readers' Most Impressive Photos Of Ireland
#Photos - National Geographic has compiled a gallery of some of its readers impressive photographs of Ireland's world-renowned scenery, with coastal and inland waterfront shots making up the bulk of the collection. From the rough and tumble of surf-lashed Kinard…