Almost 400 photographers submitted a total of over 1,100 photos.
Four Midlands photographers are making the shortlist in this year's Love Your Coast competition.
Christine Taylor is listed in joint third place in 'Wildlife and the Coast' for her photo capturing the Great Crested Grebe in the early morning light taken in Westmeath's Lough Ennell.
While Pawel Zygmunt's image "Nature Dance" was named as a finalist in the 'Source to Sea' category, for capturing a murmuration of starlings above the lake.
While Offaly photographer Steve Byrne was also named a finalist in 'Wildlife and the Coast' for capturing a mother and baby Dolphin" in the waters of the Dingle Peninsula.
Laois's Peter O'Connor is shortlisted in the Coastal Landscape category for his photo "Silhouetted Skelligs" taken in Kerry.
Almost 400 photographers submitted a total of over 1,100 photos to this year's edition run by An Taisce's Clean Coasts.
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