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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
Well Duncan you're saying it but you're only telling 1/4 of the story. A book about "US" ? But "US" clearly according to the new rules only encompasses imagers ? So it isn't about "US" its now about "some of us" 
Fact is I tried to take astro images before most of the people stickin their name in lights in the almanac knew their arse from their elbow, but sadly I couldn't take pictures worth squat and ended up with about 8,000 km worth of Kodak Ektachrome in the garbage can. But sad thing is it was a whole different world back then and to take decent images you needed to know a lot about astronomy and even more about photography. Now the naive can do decent work with simple equipment, a computer, a lot of time and a 1/4 of a brain. Whilst the the highly skilled still stand absolutely head and shoulders above the pupils, the pupils can easily look halfway clever. What should not be forgotten is the fact that this is a community where we all contribute for people to learn and one discipline should not stand above any other.
Cheers,
John B |
What a very dissapointing reply from you John. I do not know who you are, but I too used to practice astrophotography, and I took the initiative of using 2009 as a landmark year for me and I actually used 4
film images and one CCD image in the compendium, and Chris never had an issue with that. Perhaps you should have taken that initiative also? Instead of sitting on your grumpy backside like a surly schoolboy who never got invited to play with the rest of the boys
My CCD imaging is pretty poor to say the least, but that makes me no more important than anyone else in this community or anyone else in this COFFEE TABLE BOOK. Nothing more, nothing less. Actually by your standard John, I must only have 1/8 of a brain then. If I never contribute to a compendium again, (which as a visual observer, I may not), I wouldn't mind.
Your post smacks of jealousy and sour grapes.
Please feel free to produce your own compendium, John, with your own images or using "other" disciplines you are vaguely referring to.
JJJ, Chris and all the contributors, novice or otherwise, be comfortable and proud in the fact that you have been a part of something fresh and exciting in your hobby.