Wasnt sure where to post this.. Deep space seems fitting..

[AlexN]

After drooling over Martin Pugh's recent rendition of the Horse head nebula... I contacted Martin enquiring about perhaps purchasing a print.. After a bit of discussion on the matter, I decided to buy not only his stunning Horse Head image, but also the APOD winning image of the Running Man Nebula.

They are both A3 sized, on very nice photographic paper, and believe it or not, the prints out do the web images in terms of quality.. Sheer brilliance!

They arrived today and after a quick trip down to the shops to buy a couple of frames, I now post photos of Martins Photos.. Unfortunately, due to the afternoon light in the room and the glossy prints/glass in the frames, I couldn't manage to get close up shots without reflections.. Much less reflections of my head/shoulders etc.. :) what can you do I guess...

In addition to the pictures (which were very well packed for postage and arrived without a hint of a crease or defect, The package also contained an A4 sized information sheet, with details about the object pictured, where it is, whats going on in the image etc, and also capture details. These were printed on high quality silver paper, and I half considered buying seperate frames for them and hanging them underneith their respective image..

I cant express how happy I am with these pics, hence I thought I'd show them off a bit on the forums :)

Big thanks to Martin for the great pics, and brilliant production quality of the prints... And also for throwing in 20 post cards with his fantastic Corona Australis image printed on them.. A very nice addition...

Without further ado.. Images of Deep Space Images.. :)

Cheers.
Alex.

[erick]

A brilliant way to adorn your walls, Alex! Well done to Martin and your good self. :)

[Dennis]

A nice tale indeed Alex – thanks for sharing your joy and showcasing Martin’s talent.

Cheers

Dennis

PS – would a polarizing filter have helped to minimise the reflective glare?

[AlexN]

Dennis - Spot on, a polarizer would have worked, a circular polarizer would have worked even better.

[Martin Pugh]

Hi Alex

many thanks for this super write up!

I am always worried that prints arrive creased, so take a great deal of time packaging them carefully.

You obviously appreciate the quality of the finished product, for which I am extremely grateful.

I hope you enjoy them for a long time.

cheers

Martin
P.S Great job on the framing!

[astroron]

Alex ,great post and images:), you have even found a couple of UFO's in the running man:P:P

[Quark]

Congratulations Alex on your most tasteful purchases.

Martins work is of the highest quality indeed and he must be very proud of it.

It is a mark of the quality of work that he and other Australian amateurs are putting out, that a fellow amateur would see fit to adorn his walls with such images.

Regards
Trevor

[AlexN]

Martin, Not a problem mate.. I honestly could not be happier... (except for if you got a higher resolution camera, and did them again, at A2 :D)

Ron : Thanks, Yeah theres a real big saucer above the running man!! Strangely enough it looks a lot like an air conditioner duct!! :) Maybe aliens are airborne germs!! :D :P

[atalas]

Yep,they look great ! good buy Alex and well done Martin.

[Tommy Camp]

They are excellent prints if only I had such great images to put on my walls.
Martin there just awesome mate keep up the great work.

[AlexN]

Tommy Camp - You too could have great images like that to put on your walls.. Send Martin a PM and check out his website, pic the images you like and get them before he heads overseas! :)