Hi all,
I entered the David Malin Awards this year with a widefield Eta Carina shot and was informed that I had been awarded via email about a month ago.
Unfortunately I couldn't attend the ceremony last night in Parkes.
I'm curious to know who the winners were - and by that I mean "what did I get"!!!
Hi all,
I entered the David Malin Awards this year with a widefield Eta Carina shot and was informed that I had been awarded via email about a month ago.
Unfortunately I couldn't attend the ceremony last night in Parkes.
I'm curious to know who the winners were - and by that I mean "what did I get"!!!
Doug I didnt go to the awards ceremony but I did venture to 'the Dish' for a little look...the display of winning pics in the open day exhibits looked really beautiful, you should all be really proud.
Doug I didnt go to the awards ceremony but I did venture to 'the Dish' for a little look...the display of winning pics in the open day exhibits looked really beautiful, you should all be really proud.
Kerrie
Thanks Kerrie - the organising committee sent me some pics of the display, it looked pretty good.
Nice to be associated with the best in Australia (I don't include myself in that category - gotta keep that Ego in check!!)
Doug
i did get a phone call from Strongman Mike late last night. I got a highly commended, and so did he, Terry got the gong for the eclipse shot. thats about all that Mike remembered. oh wait he mentioned the starless lagoon shot of Fred V and some other entry? have to wait until the details can be posted by someone that was there........
i did get a phone call from Strongman Mike late last night. I got a highly commended, and so did he, Terry got the gong for the eclipse shot. thats about all that Mike remembered. oh wait he mentioned the starless lagoon shot of Fred V and some other entry? have to wait until the details can be posted by someone that was there........
Hi all,
We just got back from Parkes and our second 12-hour drive in three days. Wrecked I can tell you! But what a great night, they get better every time.
The first awards were given to the first three overall winners 2004-2006, who received the Galileo bust that didn't start being awarded until 2007.
That was a really nice gesture on the part of CWAS, in honor of the IYA2009. In order of year, they were Geoff Wyatt, yours truly and Peter Ward.
After that, I think I spent the rest of the night in a blur, staring at Galileo, but I'll try and remember the results as best I can. If I get any wrong I hope someone will quickly appear to correct me!
The amateur deep sky winner and winner overall for 2009 was Gary Hill for his magnificent image of the LMC.
Terry Cuttle won the Twilight theme award for his incredible Total eclipe over the great Wall image, that fittingly, went APOD the day of the CWAS awards!
Phil Hart, won the amateur widefield category for...I'm not sure which image now, he had several great ones and also was awarded several honorable mentions.
I was very fortunate to have pipped Peter Ward at the post for the Semi-professional category, after spending a couple of weeks convinced that my Southern Cross mosaic had no chance against his excellent Rosette image which was awarded an honourable mention, as well as his beautiful monochrome Ha Horsehead!
Fred Vanderhaven won the Innovation award for his fantastic starless Lagoon nebula shot.
There were a huge number of honourable mentions awarded, which David mentioned was testimony to the very large number of really fantastic images submitted. Right now, I can remember Mike Salway, Mike Sidonio, Marcus Davies, Terry Cuttle, Peter Ward, Phil Hart, Max Kilmister, Houghy (well done all!),
There were so many of such high quality that David mentioned he had a very hard time drawing the line as to how many could be awarded. After seeing the display, its easy to understand why.. Every selected image was thoroughly deserving and I'm sorry that I cannot remember exactly who got them all.
Now I know I have missed people but after the drive I'm a little foggy and there were a few distractions at the time, so for any omissions or errors, please accept my humblest apologies !
Mike (Iceman) I know you were awarded more than once,but for the life of me I can't remember exactly what, so apologies for that! I'm hoping someone else will arrive home soon and add/verify/correct my report!
Parkes was absolutely incredibly packed this year. The parking area at the Dish was expanded to many times its normal size and was packed. There was a three-hour wait in line for dish tours and it stayed the same length all day. My guess on numbers.....thousands!
A truly great weekend, though we were only there for half of it!
...The amateur deep sky winner and winner overall for 2009 was Gary Hill for his magnificent image of the LMC.
There were a huge number of honourable mentions awarded, which David mentioned was testimony to the very large number of really fantastic images submitted. Right now, I can remember Mike Salway, Mike Sidonio, Marcus Davies, Terry Cuttle, Peter Ward, Phil Hart, Max Kilmister, Houghy (well done all!),
Ahem ... Eddie ... yours truely won the amateur deep sky category with my NGC 6188 shot. My NGC 4945 got an hon mention. I thought Gary was the widefield winner (?) and Phil won the solar system category (?). I'm not known for my perfect recall either so feel free to ahem me if I'm wrong!
This was my first DM and it was a very classy and enjoyable event - many thanks to CWAS, Cannon (Category winners received a Powershot G10) and Dr Malin of course! All the winning entries were absolutely stellar images too (pun intended).
It was great to meet you and a few other IIS devotees too ... and congratulations to all!
Indeed, Just got back myself after a 5 hour drive.
Well done to all the winners! (Particularly Gary Hill and Eddie (the magnificent) T ! Both Gary and & Eddie's prints had extraordinary resolution and deserved their honors.
No theme was mentioned for 2010, but I heard through the grapevine the standard has risen to such a high level all around, that the distinction between amateur and semi pro will probably not be made next year.
To add to Eddie's list, I recall both Doug and Paul received honorable mentions and will have a Canon digital IXUS headed their way soon.
David's comments were quite candid and gave some insight to his particularly keen astrophotographic eye. The dinner and presentation had a cosy "boutique" like vibe.
David also launched a new book; "Ancient light: A portrait of the Universe" Phaidon Press 2009....with quite few autographed copies being snapped up by the attendees. A splendid time was had by all this Year's "Malin's".
Ahem ... Eddie ... yours truely won the amateur deep sky category with my NGC 6188 shot. My NGC 4945 got an hon mention. I thought Gary was the widefield winner (?) and Phil won the solar system category (?). I'm not known for my perfect recall either so feel free to ahem me if I'm wrong!
oh Geeze....Humblest apologies Marcus! I thought I may have a little poor recollection right now, but I think I may have underestimated! It's all coming back to me, slowly. But I'm really questioning my entire memory of the event now ...
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This was my first DM and it was a very classy and enjoyable event - many thanks to CWAS, Cannon (Category winners received a Powershot G10) and Dr Malin of course! All the winning entries were absolutely stellar images too (pun intended).
It was great to meet you and a few other IIS devotees too ... and congratulations to all!
Cheers, Marcus
Thanks for the correction mate...I agree.. every selected image was an outstanding image. Of course, they were all hand-picked by David Malin, which is a pretty special thing I think.....
It was great to meet up with you down there, but I have to say....You look nothing like your picture....
Thanks for the info on what sounded like a great night/event.
Congratulations to all the winners - can't wait to see all the images collected in one place or website!
Oh and Peter, thanks for putting me out of my misery!
Now without any further ado, it's a clear night down here in SA so adieu!
Doug
Hi Martin,
I've had a browse around but can't find an online version of Gary's LMC image. Perhaps one will turn up soon. Not sure if Gary is home yet.
It was a great event. The weather in Parkes was the best I have seen it and after the awards John Galilei (Galileo's little-talked-of distant brother), arrived in Galileo's hand-me-down clothing with a replica of Galileos telescope and we all kept the motel occupants awake by having a Galilean star party in the carpark. It was very interesting looking at Jupiter, with a similar instrument and view to how Galileo would have seen it..A fantastic night, lots of fun..And great to meet up with everyone there.
Others will have seenthis by now probably, but got sent a low res of Gary's winning widefield image - Go Widefielders!!!!!!
Absolute beauty - well done Gary.
to follow on from Doug - the email from John Sarkissian explains a lot:
-----Original Message-----
From: John.Sarkissian
Sent: Monday, 20 July 2009 11:00 PM
To:John.Sarkissian
Subject: [WARNING: A/V UNSCANNABLE]Presentation of the 2009 CWAS "David Malin Awards" - 18 July 2009
Hello all,
On Saturday night, 18 July, during the CWAS AstroFest dinner, the winners of
the 2009 "David Malin Awards" were announced and presented with their
awards.
The Overall Winner this year was Gary Hill for his magnificent picture of
the LMC (Wide-Field).
The other category winners were Phil Hart (Solar System), Terry Cuttle (Open
Theme), Eddie Trimarchi (Semi-Pro) and Marcus Davies (Deep Sky).
Honorable Mentions were awarded to Michael Sidonio, Bill Christie, Paul
Haese, Mike Salway, Russell Cockman, Fred Vanderhaven, Peter Ward, Doug
Robertson, David Hough, Darrin Nitschke and Max Kilmister.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Congratulations also to all the entrants. During the Parkes Observatory's
Open Days last weekend, nearly 7,000 people came through the Visitors Centre
and viewed the exhibition.
There'll be a web page prepared later this week showcasing the awarded
images and the presentation ceremony. Until then, please see the attached
selection of images.
Congratulations again.
Regards, John.
___________________________________ ____
John M. Sarkissian
Operations Scientist
CSIRO Parkes Radio Observatory, ATNF
hope it is a good prize mate, maybe a new Tak or something similar, 
well done mate.
