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Originally Posted by Lognic04
Apologies if I may have offended anybody - Just not the image I would have picked, and I should have worded my comment differently. Of course a huge congratulations to all the winners regardless.
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Zero need to apologize, mate! I can't believe that anyone would be offended by your point of view there.
Peter's response was heavy handed and only serves to stifle conversation from you, but also others who read it. Your opnion is as valid as anyone's. Newcomers, old stagers, these forums should be for everyone, and I'd argue that youngsters who are into at your age are among the most important people to encourage discussion from.
These awards, and the Malin awards are matters of opnion and subjectivity. They matter only as far as you value the opinion of the judges. For some people, thats a lot, for others, not much. And i guess past results have an impact on that, to either raise or lower the "popular value" placed on them. This in turn impacts who will submit their work.
Like you say, googling tilt shift Andromeda demonstrates that the winning pic is one of many very, very similar images taken and posted online. It doesn't stand out among those, so for me, yes, i agree average. And i dont think i could do better in the judges eyes, and i dont care at all... and that doesn't mean that I'm not able to share thoughts on it
