Thank you to everyone for your congratulations. It has been an awesome couple of days and certainly one of the highlights of my life.
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Originally Posted by philiphart
I'll also add my nod to Paul's great image. He has put a ton of work into his observatory, his gear and capturing mega data for this image. But that was just the start. The processing of this M42 image is superb and gob-smacked me when i first saw it. It would have been easy to make a meal of that much data but the result looks beautiful. I'd like to see the print backlit on an EL panel for maximum effect though!
Congrats to all the winners (with a nod to my ASV colleagues as well). Looking at the low-res images on the short-listed webpage did not prepare me for the quality that they display when you get up close to them. It's a very fine set of images.
cheers!
Phil
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Yes doing a set up for automation can be quite time consuming but once it is set up it usually works like clockwork. I have not had either of the systems finish properly for a while and that is comforting. After all I am entrusting a lot of expensive equipment to a programme and sensing technology to protect everything.
The image took nearly 5 days to process before I was happy with the result and even now there are things that still bother me about it.
I like the idea of it being back lit. I might investigate that as a possible display idea. The Mrs is already asking about having it specially printed in metallic look.
Like you I think the low res shortlisted page really don't do the images justice. There were lots of images that I thought looked truly spectacular in print. There was such a great collection of images and animations. I will definitely go to see the exhibition if it makes its way to Adelaide.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Paul was grinning (deservedly) like the Cheshire cat.... and made me laugh when he pointed to me saying "You picked it!...saying the Oscar goes to...."
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It was funny, as soon as I saw you on Saturday night it was like I could see the print of that comment you made right there before me. I must say I was grinning from ear to ear all that night and some of Sunday too.
Certainly unexpected to make the overall win, but that was my aim with this image. I saw a few presentations by David where he had stated that M42 was his favourite object in the sky. I took on board his comments about respecting the light (my image in 2011 was the subject of those comments; which funnily enough was M42 on that occasion too). And; I coloured the dust and gas to David's stated tastes. He had several times said he liked the dust of that region looking like a brownish colour and he said the edges of M42 itself should not have a harsh sharpened look to it. So I guess paying close attention to his comments paid off for me on this occasion.
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Originally Posted by alexch
Congratulations again, Paul! All the hard work in making mega-data collection possible and great processing paid off - the M42 image is truly superb and the main prize is very well deserved! And of course another round of congratulations for the Solar System category win!
I just got back home late last nigh - it was a great event again (thanks to everyone at CWAS, John Sarkissian and everyone who attended)!
Cheers,
Alex
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I was stunned with the Solar System Wide Field win. I could have sworn that one of the eclipse shots were going to pick up the win.
My only point about mega data is that if one collects enough good data one does not need to use any noise control. If subs are long enough the data does not need stretching as much. It also means you can afford to throw away data that is not up to what you want. It means I can now be more selective with the data.
It's not only me doing this. Lots of well known imagers are doing this too. So I encourage anyone to take on this approach.
