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Originally Posted by multiweb
That's cool. By any mean if you like to compete then do so. I don't stop anyone from competing. Nobody's getting paid. Well, some are... If you think it's an immense amount of work and you need recognition for it then you're in the wrong hobby. I do it to relax and clear my head. Get out of the smoke. Socialize, etc... Different approach.
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I find imaging a bit stressful at times.
I would love to have an observatory & not have to set up from scratch every time.
It's not easy when you are working full time &
have to start work early the next morning.
Sometimes I think this hobby is more for retired people.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
It's not that I don't like them, I don't like what they create and promote. A culture of egocentric people who'd rather take than give, secrecy about methodology and the on going verbose and self congratulory prose that goes on and on and on, until it degenerates again. The OP posted a simple thread about respecting the light and again it turned really quickly about who won, how they won, was it fair, wtf... who gives one? Never did put someone down for entering a competition. Don't know where you got the idea. There are competitors who are willing to share processing tips. I was very lucky when I started in AP to have Jase around. He used to invariably list all the processing steps when he posted photos. Never said no to answering a direct question. Always gave clear instructions and a lot of people benefited from his tutoring. He won the DM too I believe. But he's the exception.
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Not everyone is egocentric.
I do my best to tell people any secret/trick that I find.
I even made sure that Louie's videos were posted on Youtube
which I think are an immense help to get started in Photoshop.
see here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5...Ge66vsuSaXb-0A
However I would agree that many people are secretive about
their mirror holders & other such designs.
Yes - I have heard rumors of people using incredible secret software
to process photos but that may be false.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
The technology has certainly improved and the results achieved are chalk and cheese than say 10 years ago. I don't care much about APODs or any other awards TBH. There are a lot of very talented imagers who don't even enter or participate in events. The internet is full of fantastic photos. If I anybody wants reference material it's there for the picking.
What I'm interested in a community is asking questions, sharing tips and tricks, learning new ones. Not reading 100s posts about how I won this or discovered this or whatever with invariably the same bunch of groupies chimming in on and on and on.  |
Yes - the Technology is racing ahead but
I'm still waiting for a 90% efficient sensor as large as a KAF8300 & the same price!
Who are these groupies.
( Let's not name them. )
cheers
Allan