Just to add a different slant on this - I almost NEVER even look inside the various imaging areas to even see what threads exist, let alone post comments. Maybe once every 4-6 weeks I may have a quick look at the thread titles, possibly if I'm extremely bored and filling in time, and I may even open a particular thread and view the image if I'm
really interested in that particular object. On the rare occasions that I do post a comment it is because an image has really caught my interest, and I feel that the image and Imager strongly deserves praise.
There are very few images that have really impressed me and have stuck with me: Dennis's Simmonds amazing Moon on Andromeda Galaxy composition, there was also a particularly stunning image of Saturn some time ago (sadly I can't recall who captured this one), I was impressed by 2 images Paul Russell captured at the 2007 Qld Astrofest, and Tony Surma-Hawes LMC image from the same event. There was an image of the Jewel Box captured by Jase some months ago, and of course Chrissyo's amazing series of frame grabs of the ISS passing overhead, tracked through the finder of his hand driven dob.
This isn't meant to say that any other images didn't impress me, etc, but the majority certainly don't stand out in my memory. I can appreciate the talent and time required to capture all these images, but after the first thousand "My best ever Jupiter" threads it all becomes very "so-so" as there are
very few that stand out from the crowd (to my untrained eye).
My interest lays in visual observing, and no matter how bright and clear and wonderful an image I still prefer to look at it through my own scope every time. When I want to see an amazing image of something I go looking for the Hubble shot.
I mean no offence to anyone by any of these comments, I simply don't get "excited" by the vast majority of images.
But hey, what do I know?
