The competition run from June to September 2008.
It was open to young photographers aged 11 to 16 years old.
The categories were Landscape, Geology and Nature.
The winning photos are:
Copper Coast Photography Competition, overall winning photo
by James Upton from Tramore
Copper Coast Photography Competition, Landscape category winning photo
by James Upton from Tramore
Copper Coast Photography Competition, Geology category winning photo
by John Crowley from Ballydwane
Copper Coast Photography Competition, Nature category winning photo
by James Upton from Tramore
The overall winner was James Upton from Tramore who received a Nikon
compact camera. James also won
the best
in landscape and nature
categories.
John Crowley, Ballydwane,
Bunmahon
won the best in the Geology
category.
The winners
will take
part in digital photography workshop with
George Munday,
professional
photographer who runs the "Copper Coast Workshops" in
Ballydwane.
James Upton (left), Tina Keating and John Crowley (right)
The winners of the Copper Coast Geopark photo
competition were presented
with their prizes by Tina Keating, Copper Coast
Geopark’s geologist, and the
2009 Copper Coast Calendar featuring their photos, along with photos kindly
supplied
by Copper Coast Workshops.
The calendars were sponsored by
local
businesses
and are on sale in
outlets throughout the county and from
the office
at Knockmahon.
