Radar
July 17th, 2007, 10:59 PM
Okay I've been meaning to post some info on the David Malin awards from the weekend.
There were 109 entries. And four categories. Deep Sky, Wide Field, Solar System and Heaven and Earth (images where there is an earthly foreground).
Needless to say, the talent in this competition is pretty amazing.
I'm not 100% on who won what, but I can remember a couple.
883
This pic is of the images that won something.
877
This statue is of Galileo. It was awarded to Terry Cuttle who took an amazing shot of Comet McNaught. Click here to view it (http://www.aaq.org.au/Gallery/TC_CometMcNaught.htm)
878
This is Dr Malin talking about the awards and what he looks for when it comes to finding a winner.
879
This is my lucky shot of the Russian Rocket up on the projector screen. Dr Malin was discussing what he liked about it, he mentioned that the shot wasn't perfect, which it isn't. There is some wierd burring near the edges, probably from the lens. This shot was pure luck really, I should have bought a lotto ticket that week.
880
Eddie Trimarchi (Queenslander) won an honourable mention for his shot of the gum nebula (deep sky, semi professional). Check out his website sometime, he is very talented. www.AstroShed.com
Peter Ward of Advanced Telescope Supplies won the deep sky section and two honourable mentions for other shots.
Mike Salway of Ice In Space won two honourable mentions for a shot of McNaught and a mosiac of the moon. He came first in the solar sytem category with a sequence of Jupiter shots.
Steve Crouch (another Canberra man) won two honourable mentions for deep sky work. Click here for Steve's website - (http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/)
Thanks to the CSIRO and Cannon for hosting this event. All winners of awards and honourable mentions won a cannon digital camera. I won a 7.1mega pixel camera - IXUS 70 (http://www.dpexpert.com.au/WindowsLiveWriter/REVIEWCANONIXUS70_D60B/IXUS70_Black_Angle%5B4%5D.jpg). Nice little handy unit.
I got to meet all these guys and enjoyed talking with all of them. It was great speaking with people with so much knowledge. Everyone was great. Though from the jet lag, I didn't get a chance to speak with Peter Ward.
Steve Crouch gave me some sound advice about CCD's. Eddie gave me some good tips for image processing. I wanted to pick Mike's brains about planetary imaging but Mike had to leave due to his family being in Parkes.
When the CWAS website post the pics of the winners and winning photos I'll add them (I've probably forgotten a few things anyway).
Ray
There were 109 entries. And four categories. Deep Sky, Wide Field, Solar System and Heaven and Earth (images where there is an earthly foreground).
Needless to say, the talent in this competition is pretty amazing.
I'm not 100% on who won what, but I can remember a couple.
883
This pic is of the images that won something.
877
This statue is of Galileo. It was awarded to Terry Cuttle who took an amazing shot of Comet McNaught. Click here to view it (http://www.aaq.org.au/Gallery/TC_CometMcNaught.htm)
878
This is Dr Malin talking about the awards and what he looks for when it comes to finding a winner.
879
This is my lucky shot of the Russian Rocket up on the projector screen. Dr Malin was discussing what he liked about it, he mentioned that the shot wasn't perfect, which it isn't. There is some wierd burring near the edges, probably from the lens. This shot was pure luck really, I should have bought a lotto ticket that week.
880
Eddie Trimarchi (Queenslander) won an honourable mention for his shot of the gum nebula (deep sky, semi professional). Check out his website sometime, he is very talented. www.AstroShed.com
Peter Ward of Advanced Telescope Supplies won the deep sky section and two honourable mentions for other shots.
Mike Salway of Ice In Space won two honourable mentions for a shot of McNaught and a mosiac of the moon. He came first in the solar sytem category with a sequence of Jupiter shots.
Steve Crouch (another Canberra man) won two honourable mentions for deep sky work. Click here for Steve's website - (http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/)
Thanks to the CSIRO and Cannon for hosting this event. All winners of awards and honourable mentions won a cannon digital camera. I won a 7.1mega pixel camera - IXUS 70 (http://www.dpexpert.com.au/WindowsLiveWriter/REVIEWCANONIXUS70_D60B/IXUS70_Black_Angle%5B4%5D.jpg). Nice little handy unit.
I got to meet all these guys and enjoyed talking with all of them. It was great speaking with people with so much knowledge. Everyone was great. Though from the jet lag, I didn't get a chance to speak with Peter Ward.
Steve Crouch gave me some sound advice about CCD's. Eddie gave me some good tips for image processing. I wanted to pick Mike's brains about planetary imaging but Mike had to leave due to his family being in Parkes.
When the CWAS website post the pics of the winners and winning photos I'll add them (I've probably forgotten a few things anyway).
Ray