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January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
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Author:  onemac [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:08 pm ]
Post subject:  January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
Apologies for the delay peeps - the cold really slows me down at this time of year ;)

Anyway, congratulations go to belchingmatt for sneaking the win this month. Well done Matt Image Image Image Image

1. Alpha - 29pts - belchingmatt
2. First Bite - 14pts - HeatherKay
3. My (Edible) Initials - 13pts - veato
4. 'W' - 10pts - onemac
5. Initially present - 9pts - Spreadie
6. S.W.A.K. - 7pts - davrosG5
7. Initially Illegal - 4pts - brataccas
8. C.A.T.V. - 3pts - Paul1965
9. First pint of the day - 1pt - l3v1ck

Well done to all who submitted and to those who voted. New topic shortly.

Congrats to Matt again.

Al
Author:  HeatherKay [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
Well done, Matt! Winning by a country mile!

:)
Author:  veato [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
Well done all. Can I ask the winner (or any one else), although I really liked the winning photo I didn't vote for it as I struggled to identify it with the theme. Am I being thick?
Author:  Spreadie [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
veato wrote:
Well done all. Can I ask the winner (or any one else), although I really liked the winning photo I didn't vote for it as I struggled to identify it with the theme. Am I being thick?

+1

Without doubt, I think it was the best photo, but I had a hard time linking it to the theme. So, I'm probably a bit thick too. :lol:

Regardless, congrats to Matt :D
Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
The photo is centred on one star, maybe Alpha Centauri? And Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, and initial means first.
Author:  brataccas [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
how on earth did my entry get any points :shock:
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: January Photo Comp ***RESULTS***
Thanks for the votes everyone. New topic has been forwarded to Al so it should be up soon.

Spreadie wrote:
veato wrote:
Well done all. Can I ask the winner (or any one else), although I really liked the winning photo I didn't vote for it as I struggled to identify it with the theme. Am I being thick?

+1

Without doubt, I think it was the best photo, but I had a hard time linking it to the theme. So, I'm probably a bit thick too. :lol:

Regardless, congrats to Matt :D


leeds_manc wrote:
The photo is centred on one star, maybe Alpha Centauri? And Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, and initial means first.



Now for a quick (hopefully) explanation to the above comments. When I see a new topic I find all the synonyms so I can increase the number of possible subjects. So initial provided primary, first, basic, alpha etc. I had been wanting to take a picture of star trails for a while now, and handily at xmas got a wirless remote/intervalometer. Now stars within a constellation are named according to the Bayer designation, generally that means that the brightest star is given the name Alpha [constellation]. I wanted to get circular/arc trails and that meant having the northern pole star / Polaris in frame, which happens to be the brightest in that constellation. So Alpha Ursae Minoris was the focal point and for a little impact I shortened the name to Alpha. Perhaps I should have left the full name, but I think it helps to make people think about it. :?

Knowing that with long exposures I wouldn't get many attempts it took a fair bit of reading and a little guesswork. I also had to find a suitable low light location and wait for the skies to be clear with little moon. So this shot was taken in the middle of potato field at 03:00, the exposure was for 60 minutes and it was -8 degrees.
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