Offaly photographer scoops Press Photographer of the Year Award for a second time with incredible picture

Offaly photographer James Crombie who scooped the Press Photographer of the Year Award for a second time

placeholder image — Offaly photographer James Crombie who scooped the Press Photographer of the Year Award for a second time

An Offaly photographer has scooped the prestigious Press Photographer of the Year Award for a second year in a row with a truly incredible picture.

James Crombie of Inpho Photography picked up the top award for his incredible picture 'Murmuration' which captured the shape of a bird over Lough Ennell.

James' winning photograph

His portfolio was also cited as “the outstanding portfolio of the awards” by the judges.

James received three category awards – first prize in Nature and the Environment, for what the judges coined as “picture of the year”, ‘Murmuration’ which beautifully captured a starling murmuration creating the shape of a bird over Lough Ennell, third place in Daily Life and People for his image ‘Fishing’ taken on Lough Corrib, Co. Galway and third place in Sports Feature for ‘Golden Moment’, a very emotional image of Kellie Harrington as she celebrated with her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The awards, which were presented across ten categories, were opened with a special address by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D. and featured appearances by a host of other well-known personalities and stars including Emily O’Reilly, Neven Maguire, Robbie Henshaw, Eve McCrystal, Colm Stafford Johnson, Panti Bliss and Dearbhail McDonald.