Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: MarkS on Sep 10, 2010, 14:36:32

Title: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: MarkS on Sep 10, 2010, 14:36:32

Winners announced:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/winners/
Title: Re: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: mickw on Sep 10, 2010, 15:06:38
You git, I nearly dropped my beer (coffee actually), I was expecting your name to be in there  :o

They are all good pictures but I don't really consider trees and the milky way or a sunset with lens flare to be bona fide astronomical images.
Title: Re: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: Mike on Sep 10, 2010, 19:29:08
Nice images but not worthy of winning. There were far better images submitted. They look like they were judged by photographers and not astrophotographers.
Title: Re: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: Fay on Sep 20, 2010, 17:29:36
Winners in October SKy at Night magazine, i thought they were fantastic
Title: Re: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: RobertM on Sep 20, 2010, 17:54:22
Sorry Fay, I've just been up to RGO and saw the presented images and I definitely agree with Mike.  There was something lacking in this years winners, apart from one or two I was very dissapointed.

Robert
Title: Re: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
Post by: Fay on Sep 20, 2010, 18:45:12
well the deep sky one's looked really nice, not sure about M51. The Horsehead/M42 was fantastic, I thought