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 Meeting - Thursday October 24th at 8pm
Our Nature Group meeting on Thursday 24th at 8.00pm has an external speaker- Andrew Fuseck Peters from the UK. Andrew is a wildlife and landscape photographer. He is on commission to the National Trust and his photos regularly appear in the media - see his work at www.fusekphotos.com. The zoom link will be sent out on the day and all Members are welcome.
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:
| Themes for 2024 | Submission Date |
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Open theme
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Images by 24th September
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| Celebrating the Nature Year |
Images by 30th Novemember
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Images (max of 5) should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the due date. Images should be jpegs sized to 2000 pixels TALL and the file name should be the title as you would like it to be displayed in the gallery.
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. An easy to understand interpretation is on this LINK
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.