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.
Monthly Schedule of Thursday Meetings
SEPTEMBER 28th @ 8.00 via Zoom - Ruth Byrne is the organiser
Claire Sullivan will present 'My Nature Photography Journey'. Then the organisers will provide an educational slot about possible locations for nature photography, including park photography and hide photography, and some suggestions about what is good to photograph in Autumn.
OCTOBER 26TH @ 8.00 in CAMDEN STREET – Alice O’Brien is the organiser
The focus of this in-person session will be ‘Nature in Print’ and conversations on what makes a ‘winning nature image’. Members will be invited to bring their nature prints into the club to share.
NOVEMBER 23rd @ 8.00 via Zoom – John Bainbridge is the organiser
Jamie MacArthur from the UK is invited as a guest speaker and will present for the night
Our Gallery
Click HERE for our current Gallery which features the winning images from our recent Nature Competition.
The next Gallery update will be in October. The theme of this gallery will be 'SUMMER'. Images should be e-mailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than midnight on 30th September. All images should be sized to 2000 pixels HIGH to fit on the display area. The file name should be the title of the image as you want it to appear in the caption.
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)
Websites 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.