Bird's pics clearly don't deserve to win. They've got these small blue markings all over them. Everyone else's Mars pics are nice clean and smooth so there is obviously something wrong with his setup. Bird, don't let this discourage you though, just keep at it and you'll get there one day. Maybe a thin smearing of vaseline over the CCD chip could have helped get rid of all those anomalies in your data. Better luck next time!
