Hi Everyone,
I was honoured and a little bit overawed that my astrophotography prints were very well received by the judges at the AIPP Victorian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards yesterday.
From 4 pictures entered, I received a silver award (83/100) and three silver awards with distinction scoring 86, 87 & 88.
The prints are done on super gloss Fuji flex paper, mounted 3 dimensionally on raised black card, with a circular matt surround, to enhance the "telescope" effect.
(sorry the iphone photo doesn't really show it off, but there are low res versions of the images below.)
Whilst the judges are not themselves astrophotographers, they represent some of the countries' best professional scientific, nature and environmental photographers.
The category I entered these into included amazing images of wildlife, polar bears, penguins in Antarctica, etc.
Overall it's very humbling they they liked them, especially considering where I'm at and the standard of work I one day dream of aspiring to achieve as exhibited by some of the true masters on this forum, who continue to inspire me so much.
But, hey I'll take it!
Cheers Andy