Guys, chill.
I didn't take Paul's original post as personally attacking. I don't agree with his statements but I can choose to take offence to them or not. I can choose to just ignore them.
Even though it may not have been worded the best, I took Paul's issue as with the paper and the article, not the photographers who took the pictures. If he thinks they're not astrophotography, that's his opinion. I don't agree with him at all but I'm not going to take offence to it even though I take very similar shots all the time.
There's no need to try and defend the astrophotographers, or defend the competition against Paul's comments. The massive number of people entering each year speak for the competition. And David's winning choices speak for the photographers.
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