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1st Astronomyforum.net Astrophotography Challenge contest!
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Welcome to the 1st Astronomyforum.net Astrophotography Challenge contest!
Here's the plan:
As many of you know we have posted 2 Astrophotography processing challenges and asking our members to give a shot at post processing a 'Challenge image'. We have taken those images and created a set of polls to vote on the best attempt by a AF.net member. Some of these images may be by the same member who did a few different post processing techniques (that's Okay!).
Since our forum polls have a 20 limit and we had 39 entries we had to create 2 polls (see links). What we will do is let the membership vote to pick the best image. Please only vote for one image (just one so please look at both polls and pick the best to vote for!) The image with the most votes will be the winner. If there happens to be a tie we will have a run off poll, and should the runoff happen to end in a tie the moderators will make the final decision to pick the winner.
The polls will be open for 2 weeks and the winner will be posted once they close.
Take your time to look through these images before you place your vote. Our members did a fantastic job of post processing and spent considerable time attempting to achieve the results you are looking at!
Now the good stuff!
Ivo from StarTools will be donating a free license for his StarTools software for the best completed Challenge image, one license will be awarded for the best post processed Challenge image from Challenges 1 and 2 so your vote is very important!
(link to poll 1)
(link to poll 2)Last edited by ghswen; 05-07-2012 at 04:01 PM.
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- 05-07-2012, 04:03 PM #2
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The polls are now open.
Thanks for taking the time to vote!Gordon
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Just a reminder!
Please vote for one of these great processing attempts!Gordon
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And the winner is!!!!
Leo (user name leod)
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Our membership selected Leos' challenge 1 image as the overall winner.
Ivo from Startools will be contacting Leo's to award him the license for Startools v1.2.
Thanks to all who participated and
congratulations to Leo for his fantastic work.Gordon
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Congratulations Leo, Great processing!
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congrats leo.
awesome job,thanks for the great work.
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Congratulations, Leo. A well-deserved win, against some stiff competition.
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Congrats nice win.
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Thanks all you guys!
A very nice surprise,really was not expecting this. Thank you Gordon for this great learning activity.
Leo
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Congrats Leo! I know I'm a little late but a great win!
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