Mikes Favourites

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hi guys

I've just revamped my Favourites album at my web site. I'd be interested to know what you think.

Some of you will have seen it before but I have changed the viewing sizes, tweeked and reprocessed some of the images and added a couple of new ones.

The images are best viewed by invoking full screen mode on your moniter. To look at the images in different sizes click on the size you want under each image (small, medium, large or original). The largest size for viewing is "original" and at this size the images are around 500k each but should still completely fit on your moniter with no slide bars. If you are on dial up (or are impatient) then perhaps look at the images in just "large" size (generally <100k). Once you have chosen a size to view an image in, each subsequent image will be viewed at the same size unless you click on a different size.

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/favourite_images

After you have looked at the images please indicate which is your favourite image/images, I'd be interested in the feedback...and I'd be !!

You can also "post a comment" or leave a message at the web site if you like

Cheers

Mike

[davidpretorius]

It is a great layout ie website and you would have to be very proud of that collection. World class!

[Itchy]

Great stuff Mike.

My favourite favourite? The Helix is Awesome!!!

Cheers

[Striker (Tony)]

Mike I rate them in this order.

1) Helix
2) Dusty Galaxy
3) Ngc 253 galaxy
4) M16 Eagle
5) M20 Trifid
6) Galaxy cluster Grus

And the rest a fairly average score of 9.5 out of 10....lol

One I didn't like personaly was the M42 Orion...and thats only because I like the look of DSLR version's of this bright target more so then the highly sensative ccd's..I dont know maybe it's just too bright a target for ccd work.

Great range of shots Mike.

Thanks for sharing.

[spearo (Frank)]

Well put Tony,
Ditto ratign here With a pic of Helix like that it's little wonder the Hubble Space program is in jeopardy!
frank

[Lester]

Mike,

All of them reveal their personal beauty. You are a specialist in this field. Thanks for sharing them here.

[Dennis]

Hi Mike

With little pre-meditated thought, my spur of the moment favourites are as follows:

Omega Centauri
NGC 3576
Helix HaRGB
M16
Very faint Intergrated Flux Nebula (IFN)
M83 in Hydra
Galaxy cluster in Grus
Dusty Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4945
NGC 1365

You have a really nice website that is easy to navigate, well structured and intuitive to browse.

Cheers

Dennis

PS – Oh, almost forgot, you’re also pretty good at astrophotography
PPS - Very faint Intergrated Flux Nebula (IFN) should read Integrated
PPS - I hereby retract the above smart alec comments 'cos I have just seen how big and strong you are.........

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Thanks for looking guys I appreciated the detailed feedback!

Seems the Helix Image is a bit of a hit..? I'll to that!

I was asked by Australian Sky and Telsacope to submit an article about my favourite image so becasue of the feedback I wrote about this image

Denis, I am a bad spela at the best of times so no hard feelings......you complete and utter *******! Whyyyy! I ortta!..?.... ...... ...... ........ ..... ....... ..... ...............

Love these smilies!

[xelasnave]

Mike I thought all your work was exceptional you should be very proud of your effort (in a suitably modest way) and I liked your site.
alex

[alandee]

Fantastic collection, just wasted an hour lost in some of them. Really, all of them are stunning and the layout is excellent.