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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
If 9 judges from a broad cross section of the astronomical world haven't seen an image before, how tha hell can it be deamed to have been widely published??
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Did not your entry get a feature page in AS&T? So you're me kidding about "widely published" right? Dunno whether you've noticed Mike, but the rest of the world thinks Oz is near the spot on the edge of the map that says "Here be Dragons..."
I see a lot of published material in my travels, and could have sworn Martins excellent image was in a magazine elsewhere...I should have double checked, it turned out to be a *very* stupid thing to say, and a sincere apology was extended.
The fact that Martin is a Brit who took up citizenship mattered not to me, other than for the record, I thought a Brit had won, not an Aussie. I got it wrong again. Martin has all bases covered!
But as for the rules.....yes, I guess they were open to interpretation.
Sydney Obs blog? Had to think about that.... Some suggested the Malin Awards were rigged...yes I did object!
Are you suggesting I'm suggesting RGO comp was rigged?! I think not!
My position is simply this... I read the rules and chose not to enter, as my best images had been published. A lot of other imagers thought the same as me.
You thought differently, chose to enter and did well..... so good for you too.