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I can understand the frustrations but in my mind it's relatively simple:
professionals = derive income from their imaging
amateurs = dont
a competition drives people's dedication to produce ever increasing quality of results and in this field, unlike physical sports, the results are a combination of efforts (nights out, processessing skills, etc.), creativity and equipment.
I think its always a tricky topic for those organising any competition as to how to break down categories and whether there should be categories per equipment but there will never be a simple formula as discussed elsewhere recently.
One thing's for sure in my mind is that the "bar" has been raised very high in the past few years but I think this can be inspiring (it is to me) and motivates me to keep working on my material to see how I can get the best out of what I've got.
I congratulate all winners of the Malin awards and encourage everyone else who strive to produce all the great shots we see in IIS.
frank
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