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Old 19-07-2011, 06:34 PM
EddieT (Eddie)
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
I doubt you will cop it Leon. But it's important to appreciate the CWAS David Malin awards are just that, David's call and no-one else's. David ruminates extensively on his choices...clearly not all will agree.
And that is the ultimate truth year after year around this time
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Entries that won some years ago wouldn't make the cut today....
And that could be said of any images taken sometime in the past, not just winners of this contest. It's important to keep things in perspective, I think.
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It has been a great catalyst for Australian astrophotography.
Agreed! However I also see a slightly sad side to this that I have mentioned in the past. Nobody here can say that they started astroimaging to enter contests. Yet contests seem to have become the ultimate goal for some. I think it's a little sad....
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