CWAS , Malin Awards.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

..... You know, like trying to pick your best from this selection:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...60449061/large

Mike

I am deeply offended by this photo, and insist you surrender all other like images for confiscation

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mike,

You've got a bit of a gradient in that image that you might need to fix with some proper flats.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

You know, like trying to pick your best from this selection:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...60449061/large

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

No I meant your a winner just for being notified ya dope Who takes out the category is really only icing on the cake and it could usually go to just about any of the "finalists" (ie all those who have been notified). You know, like trying to pick your best from this selection:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...60449061/large

Oh and if your nice you might even get to hear some Pavarotti impersonations from yours truly..Nessun Dorma!

Mike

MMM Miss Sweden has some twilkly bits - how was this processed Mike, deconvolution, Advanced noise removal, RL prosessing?

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

... You know, like trying to pick your best from this selection:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...60449061/large

Oh and if your nice you might even get to hear some Pavarotti impersonations from yours truly..Nessun Dorma!

Mike

That's the most effective use of curves in photoshop I've ever seen - well done Mike ... you are the master!!!

Cheers, Marcus

[h0ughy (David)]

its amazing you know - i think originally he was going to enter that shot as the creatures from the Lagoon neb

[marki]

Fine curves indeed . What I want to know is how did Ms Finland get such a good tan .

Mark

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by marki

Fine curves indeed . What I want to know is how did Ms Finland get such a good tan .

Mark

Coronal mass ejections - though we are at a quite period now back then there were active suspots - er sunspots the UV given off must have something to do with it- can you imagine the size of the auroras around the polar regions

[Octane (Humayun)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

can you imagine the size of the auroras around the polar regions

[marki]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

... can you imagine the size of the auroras around the polar regions

And then some ........... I have a very good imagination


Mark

[anthony.tony]

Thank you all For entering The Malin awards I think over the past couple of years Most of the Entrants are IIS members.Your Entries Inspire others to have a go At imaging.I don't think you can beat the Quality of the images Entered. Tony

[Peter Ward]

I had hoped to take advantage of my pretty good 'office window' view of the outside world for this year's CWAS twilight theme.

For various reasons the opportunity never presented itself.

That said, with twilight still some 40 minutes away, mother nature displayed this little gem...

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/galleyOS7.html

[Octane (Humayun)]

Peter,

I've seen those things several times while flying. What are they called, and, why do they occur?

I think you can simulate them in that software called Halo.

Beautiful photograph.

Regards,
Humayun

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Octane

Peter,

I've seen those things several times while flying. What are they called, and, why do they occur?

Regards,
Humayun

Wiki has a good write up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon)

There was also an in-depth piece in Scientific American I read as undergrad back in the 1970's...sorry can't give you the specific issue.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Thank you! I knew it started with 'g', but, forgot.

P.S. Congratulations on the Malin Awards!

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Wiki has a good write up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon)

There was also an in-depth piece in Scientific American I read as undergrad back in the 1970's...sorry can't give you the specific issue.

[Paul Haese]

Congrats guys,

I am betting that Houghy won the solar system award with his Moon. A Lunar eclipse won last year and David was most impressed by it. So you might have won houghy. After last year I have no expectations whatsoever. Being mentioned is good.

Congrats again to all the winners.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Congrats guys,

I am betting that Houghy won the solar system award with his Moon. A Lunar eclipse won last year and David was most impressed by it. So you might have won houghy. After last year I have no expectations whatsoever. Being mentioned is good.

Congrats again to all the winners.

Thanks Paul, I really think it will be a highly commended as some of the solar system images i have seen from many other people over the past 24months, including yourself, have been brilliant images, assuming of course that they have been entered. Only time will tell?

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Congrats to all winners.

Cheers Petra d.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Thanks Paul, I really think it will be a highly commended...?

So?? ... still worth a couple'a beers

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

So?? ... still worth a couple'a beers

so which way to get there and where are you staying?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

so which way to get there and where are you staying?

Not sure yet, probably be me and the missus? There is plenty of accomodation available in Parkes, CWAS isn't exactly fireworks on Sydney Harbour

Mike