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13-07-2013, 07:20 PM
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Well done Neil. I will be waiting in Adelaide to see how I went this year. I suspect the same as last year though.  There are a few that might be able to put something up. I suppose we will have to wait an see.
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13-07-2013, 10:06 PM
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Anyone at the ceremony?
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14-07-2013, 08:48 AM
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Well done those who were honoured with awards or places.
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Hello all,
Last night, during the CWAS AstroFest dinner, the 2013 CWAS "David Malin Awards" were announced and presented. I will be posting the images and the animations on our web site later today.
The images are now in the "Sun Herald" in NSW and in the "Sunday Age" in Victoria. You can see the online gallery at the link below and on the SMH iPad app.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/n...711-2ps30.html
The winners this year were:
Overall Winner of the 2013 CWAS "David Malin Awards" – Martin Pugh – "NGC 3718"
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Theme - People and Sky
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Winner - Neil Creek (with Phil Hart) – "Night Sky Photo Course Group Shot"
HM - Greg Gibbs – "Beam me Up"
HM - Peter and Lynette Ward – "Tropical Convergence"
HM - Troy Casswell – "A Song to the Heavens"
HM - Aaron Zajonc –"Looking Up"
HM - Troy Casswell – "Shelley in the Sky with Diamonds"
Junior (18 years old or under)
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Winner - Brooke Beniston – "The Dish"
HM - Lachlan Mabbutt – "Early Morning Rise"
Wide-Field
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Winner - Greg Gibbs – "Lookout"
HM - Alex Cherney – "Early Morning Parade"
HM - Julie Fletcher – "Lake Wetherill"
HM - Michael Bolenski – "Big Swamp Church Star Trail"
HM - Neil Creek – "Galaxy Rising over Lake Eppalock"
HM - Grahame Kelaher – "Milky Way Pinnacles"
Solar System (Wide-Field)
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Winner - Troy Casswell – "Total Coronal Radiance"
HM - Noeleen Lowndes – "Ring of Light in Outback Australia"
HM - Alex Cherney – "Like a Diamond in the Sky"
HM - Peter Ward – "Comet lemmon"
HM - Julie Fletcher – "Loner"
Solar System (Hires)
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Winner - Phil Hart – "Solar Eclipse – Progression at Second Contact"
HM - Peter Ward – "Solar Cirrus"
HM - Paul Haese – "Two Peaks"
HM - Paul Haese – "Dynamo"
HM - (Paul Haese – "Rings and Hexes"
HM - Stefan Buda – "Polar Vista"
Deep Sky
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Winner - Martin Pugh – "NGC 3718"
HM - Erik Monteith – "Omega Centauri"
HM - Rakibul Hasan Syed – "Inside the Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2944)"
HM - Steven Mohr – "Midnight Blue"
HM - Greg Bradley – "The Vela Supernova remnant"
HM - Ross Giakoumatos – "'The Dark Doodad' in Coonabarabran"
HM - Martin Pugh – "The Witches Broom"
Congratulations all.
Regards, John Sarkissian
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14-07-2013, 08:59 AM
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Congrats to Martin for the overall win. Well done. The competition images look great on the dedicated site. Some really lovely images this year. Lucky to have got what I did when looking at all the images.
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14-07-2013, 10:04 AM
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Anyone got any photos of the Event To post - Tony
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14-07-2013, 12:37 PM
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Today's Sun Herald has a few of the images. There are more on the SMH iPad app version and on smh.com.au but I think you might have to subscribe for both of those to see them.
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14-07-2013, 05:34 PM
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Just got back from Parkes.
Once again, congrats to the winners! (...and HM's )
Martin's NGC3718 was truly superb, and well deserving of the overall prize.
What was was interesting was the variation an innovation in this year's submissions. Some truly beautiful imagery was showcased by DSLR users.
Also a heartfelt thanks to John Sarkissian who's efforts always seem to go above an beyond the call !
John, now in need of a well earned break, indicated CWAS he will be "mixing things up" with categories etc. next year, in an effort to make the "Malins"
well and truly a world class Astrophotography event.
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14-07-2013, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Just got back from Parkes.
Once again, congrats to the winners! (...and HM's )
Martin's NGC3718 was truly superb, and well deserving of the overall prize.
What was was interesting was the variation an innovation in this year's submissions. Some truly beautiful imagery was showcased by DSLR users.
Also a heartfelt thanks to John Sarkissian who's efforts always seem to go above an beyond the call !
John, now in need of a well earned break, indicated CWAS he will be "mixing things up" with categories etc. next year, in an effort to make the "Malins"
well and truly a world class Astrophotography event. |
We certainly need some clarification on what constitutes hi res. I had a lengthy discussion with John about a month before the competition closed about what should constitute hi res imaging. We both agreed that imaging the planets or just a sunspot or a lunar crater would constitute a hi res image. Where we differed was when it came to mosaics. He was thinking that if you joined panels of images together and made an image of the sun or the moon it would be considered wide field as this made an image of 30' plus. My argument was if you have to use mosaic panels it should be considered as hi res as each panel is less than 30'. It was left in the air this time, but some clarification would be good.
I wonder how they will make it world class? Does this mean they will open it to the rest of the world?
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14-07-2013, 06:04 PM
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I wonder how they will make it world class? Does this mean they will open it to the rest of the world?
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I think what he was meaning was the promotion and subsequent coverage (eg. TV, Newspapers, radio) of the event, to be more in line with the ROG APOTY (their budget currently dwarfs CWAS)
However, I understood it will still very much be an all Aussie affair.
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14-07-2013, 06:45 PM
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Hi folks and thanks.
Well done to all those who were placed in this year's competition and I have to say that the images as shown in the exhibition this morning were beautifully reproduced in print form.
It is certainly most gratifying to win the Malin's for a second time and I can tell you that I am drooling over the 5D MK III this evening - what a magnificent prize - thanks to Canon and Alan Brightman.
Good luck for next year.
Cheers
Martin
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14-07-2013, 07:29 PM
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Just arrived back home from my first trip to Astrofest and the David Malin Awards. John and all the team at the CWAS put on a very well run event. It was great to meet and put some faces to familiar names in the astrophotography community. A huge congratulations to Martin in taking out the top prize for your exceptional image, and an equally huge congratulations to the other winners and honorable mentions. I am incredibly humbled and honored to have been awarded the "Wide Field" category and to have received an HM in the themed section. All of the images look brilliant in print form at the exhibition. I hope everyone gets a chance to view it as it travels around the country over the year.
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14-07-2013, 08:42 PM
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Just returned back home to Victoria, after attending the awards on Saturday night. It was great to meet some fellow members, and put some faces to names
Congratulations to all the award winners! There were some fantastic images entered. I was surprised and honoured to receive a HM for one of my images. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the exhibition during the morning, but I hear it went well.
Will definitely be trying to get back next year. It was a great night!
Erik
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14-07-2013, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
Hi folks and thanks.
Well done to all those who were placed in this year's competition and I have to say that the images as shown in the exhibition this morning were beautifully reproduced in print form.
It is certainly most gratifying to win the Malin's for a second time and I can tell you that I am drooling over the 5D MK III this evening - what a magnificent prize - thanks to Canon and Alan Brightman.
Good luck for next year.
Cheers
Martin
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Congratulations (again) Martin, you are certainly the Roger Federer of astroimaging...at the moment except, unlike Tennis, you don't have to retire 
Mike
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14-07-2013, 08:49 PM
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Congratulations Martin. Simply stunning image. Well deserved indeed.
The competition is a tough medium with such excellent images presented each year. The standard just gets higher and higher. Those who obtain honourable mentions should be extremely pleased with the recognition. Its no small feat. Well done to all the entrants for making the effort and equally to the competition organisers and generous sponsors. The Malins remain the premier Australian astro imaging platform showcasing the best of the best.
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15-07-2013, 02:47 PM
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15-07-2013, 02:57 PM
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Congratulations everyone, some great images on show! There was a nice spread on the awards in the Sunday Age (Melb) yesterday.
Cheers -
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15-07-2013, 04:45 PM
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Thanks again, I appreciate the comments. Of course, unlike tennis, my tools of the trade get better and better!
Cheers
Martin
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15-07-2013, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
Thanks again, I appreciate the comments. Of course, unlike tennis, my tools of the trade get better and better!
Cheers
Martin
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Yeh and across two continents even 
Lucky guy
Mike
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15-07-2013, 10:37 PM
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Congratulations to all. Each and every image is a work of art in its own way.
Chris
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15-07-2013, 11:03 PM
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Nice work, congratulations to the winners & finalists. Lots of great talent out there.
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