OMG, thank you Sir Dylan! absolute honour

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Banger !

@gabewrsewell

8 ай бұрын

amazing photo amrit!

@jshmcguigan

8 ай бұрын

JAFA taking the world stage , good stuff mate

@jasonpatterson8091

8 ай бұрын

The primary subject of the image is fantastic, but I'm also amazed and impressed at the level of clear background detail you managed to capture. The sheer number of tiny, but distinct and detailed background galaxies - it's stunning. Congratulations!

@damienk2372

8 ай бұрын

120 hours? Super effort Amrit 👍

Congrats to all the winners! Awesome presentation Dylan, thanks for putting in the time and effort mate!

That must have been a difficult job. Congratulations on being selected to judge, and the video you produced to showcase the winners was excellent.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yep.. there were way more I’d have loved to share tbh.

You disclosed fairly often that this would be very subjective, and in that sense; none of the ones you picked are "wrong" - even if some people will unquestionably disagree with you. I really liked the ones you picked out. I think you emphasized creativity as well as the aesthetics and technical. Good job with this Dylan. Well done.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

thanks man!

I love that moon shot. Makes me feel like I could jump from the top of the mountain right onto the moon.

Hey Dylan, excellent work on judging! I am so glad they appointed you. Cheers from a member across the ditch, and clear skies! Max

Excellent Job Dylan! Obvious why you were chosen to judge this images. Sometimes people forget about the emotional aspect of photography and focus on the technical. I am glad you have an artistic eye and judged these candidates in a more heartfelt way. Congrats to all the photographers not just the winners as this takes skill and passion to truly produce a work of art!

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Thx Dave !

Congratulations everyone.

Dang... Barnard's loop blew me away. Speechless. They're all magnificent but I don't think I've seen a barnard's loop image that so armoniously combines all the subjects in that image, including all the IFN.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

That one’s amazing isn’t it? Very hard not to award it winning status.

@klaussfreire

8 ай бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Truly. Makes me wonder what other work he has... googling right now.

Congratulations to all who entered and to you Dylan for the honor of judging

Cheers Dylan. Excellent commentary on the images.

@dumpydalekobservatory

8 ай бұрын

Hey Logan congrats on your cosmic bat image well deserved mate

@SimonsAstro

8 ай бұрын

What Tich said Logan😀 awesome Bat image mate 👍 Congrats!

@AstroSoundscape

8 ай бұрын

Awesome Bat Logan epic image.

Another cracking vid, but enough about you. These images are stunning! Jealous AF!

All of these images were truly inspirational. What a treat. Thank you for sharing Dylan.

Well done mate. They picked the right man for the job.

Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you for sharing this Dylan. Hope you can mend things with the kids and wife :P

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Hehe

Amazing images and you've done them justice Dylan, both with your commentary and this video. Thanks.

1:00 Your insight into life is just unmatched (my last holiday was 10 years and 3 sons ago :O ).

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Hehe right?

Oh dear God that winning photo was brilliant! Amazing work! Do we have a competition like this here in Aus?

I thought this was really well explained and enjoyed how it wasn't just about the technical side. I loved that Sunflower image with the out of focus Milky Way.

Great video Dylan. Stunning images too

Some really cool stuff in here that those of us in the NH never get to see. Thanks for sharing the pics and judging process! What do you think about having subscribers send you their pics and doing critique/commentary vids on a handful of those now and then? Might be a cool way to see what others are doing and give some ideas about how to improve.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

I’m open to it !

Absolutely amazing set of images! Well done, Dylan!

Thank you Dr. Dylan. Super as usual

That was fabulous. Thanks, Dylan.

These were all excellent to see, thank you so much for sharing, Dylan!

Well, so much for my images. Un-friken' believable! 120 hours on the winner. Just thst is worth it. Love my Rokinon 135!

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Haha it’s quite demoralising isn’t it 😆

Those are awesome!! I love the time lapse from the water.

I really enjoyed this video. All great stills and time lapses.

Thanks Dylan. Your commentary opened my eyes the aesthetics of astrophotography. Much appreciated.

Dylan, I absolutely love your videos and your style of commentary, the humour and the high quality of your production. You're a seriously funny dude and your passion for Astrophotography has led me and thousands of others to learn, engage or simply appreciate your crazy tomfoolery! This was a beautiful wee journey and the images and the timelapses where absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing this with us all. Clear skies Edit: I've just subbed to KaizanBlu - that tune at the end of the video, Deep, is truly beautiful. Thanks for introducing me that amazing musician.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

KaizanBlu is so good huh! Thanks for the kind words too!

Personally, I use a 3d6 when judging astrophotos, to generate a nice bell curve ratio of average to outstanding entrants. Joking aside, lovely to see the winners and what goes into composing a good image.

Looks like you've had a great time. Great job and thank you for sharing it with us..

Samy 135mm, such a good lens featured again and again. Defo given me some ideas for shots with mine - especially next time I am in the southern hemisphere (now that I have 'done' the LMC). Thanks Dylan p.s the comet shot was a doozy.

You know, I make fun and stick to my visual astronomy, and a big part of the reason is all the amazing and dedicated astrophotographers out there, like yourself and everyone in this group. I seriously doubt my ability to create this level of work, so leave it to the truly creative scientists, and am happy to just enjoy the show. Well done all.

Great job Dylan all outstanding images far better than anything I can do, I did like the Lunar Halo time-lapse thought that was a great choice to

I have only seen Aurora similar to the ones shown in these pictures once in my life, it really does look like that. Great video very much enjoyed.

Congratulations Dylan. Well deserved recognition

Great photos. I wish I had as much skill as the astrophotographers in your video. Good job on be selected as a judge!

Awesome stuff, m8! Oh, to have that sky in Colorado...

Very good explanations for why you chose each photo.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

thanks !

Super images. I can see these becoming screen savers and iconic calendar photos for 2024.

Well done, Dylan. Judging is difficult but you pulled it off nicely. I can tell by your vocabulary you’re a qualified judge.

Nice work everyone. Thanks Dylan! - Joe N

".... they didn't call you, they called me to be a judge." Ouch! - ends up sleeping in the observatory for a week, with the power and WiFi turned off!

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Heheh

Nice review.

Highly commended Mr O'Donnell.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Petra!

Congrats to all the winners and thanks Dylan for all your hard work. If I knew you could be bribed I would have sent over a few sheep 😉

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Hehe thanks Paul 🐑

awesome

Agree with all the winners except the star trails one. It must be so hard to pick they were all amazing images.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

I knew it would be controversial but you really have to see it at original resolution compared to the others to understand.

@jasonpatterson8091

8 ай бұрын

@@DylanODonnell I liked it for the sheep. Easy choice. :-)

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

⁠I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE SHEEP! glad someone noticed haha perfect.

@nikaxstrophotography

8 ай бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Fair enough I bet it was a difficult decision

Not sure why I’m awake. Cloudy night so I watching the tube

Wow

..he's right about the shipping rates

Accidentally realized the intro music sounds really epic at 0.5x speed.

i'm looking for contacts to astrophotografers in new zealand . who can help ?

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

insta or google?

How can i order a copy of these images? 😊

@amitashokkamble

8 ай бұрын

You can reach out to the winners. The winning images will soon be on the website with their social media handles. Will post a link here when they are available.

goddamn people are good at this.

Hang on a sec ! Are you saying that there's a NEW Zealand ??!!

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

so much better than the old one!

Great work!! Btw, always wanted to ask you but never really did, are you a cricket fan?? If I ever visit the kangaroo land I’d love to play during the day and image during the night with you lol.

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

Just chess :)

I'll add to the party. Third!

I liked the sunflower, but I'm not your wife- like that matters haahaha

42nd

Smash

Looks like a wanna be fucking criminal with the new hair do, great vid lad, thanks again.

second (story of my life....)

first

And may your kids never understand the underhanded jab lol

16:17 we all gonna die, but the thing that we have to do isn't all we want to do, the thing we need to do is being a muslim to go to paradise forever after death and if weren't a muslim you will go to hell forever after death, and there is to much things that prove that the islam is right like the things that happen before the end of the world and most of them happend, and that there are a things that was more than 1400 years ago telled in quran and the scientists had descovered now like the Splitting of the moon, and life after death is true too. I don't want to see you in hell

@DylanODonnell

8 ай бұрын

I don’t believe in your God either.

Is it too late to leave your children at a hospital or fire house? Children ruin everything. Dogs are so much better. Someday you might be able to enjoy a vacation again.