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Mitchelstown photographer Bill Power, with his picture ‘Amethyst Deceiver’, which won him a gold medal in the international salon competition ‘The World Around U.S. in 2013’. Photo: Sandra Quinn

A picture of a little toadstool captured in Galtee Wood by Mitchelstown photographer Bill Power, has claimed gold in an international competition, coming ahead of images of penguins in Australia, leaping deer in India, golden eagles from Norway and hyenas from Malta.

The Galtees are majestic in their beauty, but not many would notice the tiny toadstool peeping up from the grass, but it was this thing of minute beauty which was noticed in Siberia at 'The World Around U.S. 2013' international salon of art photography, where Bill won the gold PSA Medal. 

"What photography does is that it lets you see the world differently. You see things that no one else would take notice of and you can either see big or small at any given moment," Bill explained, in reference to the winning photograph.

He added that he almost didn't include the picture in his submission, but changed his mind at the last minute.

"It is a picture of a little toadstool up in the Galtee Woods that I found one Sunday morning - it's no more than three inches high," Bill said.

Bill started entering the salon competitions this July and so far has had acceptances in France, England, Wales, Macedonia and Siberia, but he never expected to get a gold medal - and certainly not so soon after entering the world of salon entries.

Bill told The Avondhu that the judges look for very artistic photographs and for the nature topic, the photographs cannot be manipulated in any way and in this international competition, his image was up against ones from all over the globe.

"For me to get the gold medal in nature would mean more to me than in any other category. They are photographs that I love taking," Bill said.

Only a small number of people from Ireland are currently entering these prestigious competitions and Bill is now working towards his international distinction with a gold under his belt.

"My rule is not to take photographs to win a competition, just take it and if you think it's good, see what other people think of it. I've been lucky, people seem to like what I'm doing and I enjoy it," Bill concluded.

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