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Irish Astrophotography Exhibition Feb 2nd to 21st 2016

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8 years 4 months ago #105101 by Seanie_Morris
You are invited to submit an image to go on national display at the Botanical Gardens, Dublin next February 2016!

Here is an opportunity for astrophotographers in Ireland to showcase their work, presenting the wonders of the Cosmos at the Botanical Gardens in an exclusive exhibit in a collaboration between the Irish Astronomical Society ( www.irishastrosoc.org ) and the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies ( www.irishastronomy.org ), which includes members of its member clubs.


The Details
Irish astrophotographers are invited to submit an image to be showcased to the public as part of a display highlighting the wonders of the Universe for a limited time from February 2nd to 21st 2016. The Botanical Gardens in Dublin has freely allowed the use of their lobby to display 100 images mounted for display, and incorporate additional items like (a limited number of) telescopes, large format poster displays and more.


The Criteria
Your photo can be submitted in digital or printed format. The following are guidelines:

1. Digital prints must be at 300dpi and in its largest format aspect ratio.
2. TIFF format is preferred, or high resolution (300dpi) JPEG is also allowed (RGB or CMYK is allowed).
3. Physical prints must be of a high quality (uncurled or folded) and can have a gloss or matte finish. Do not send mounted prints.
4. All photos will be fitted in an A3 mount and frame, and therefore may be subjected to cropping, if necessary.
5. All images submitted MUST have information about how the image was taken (equipment, location, software and techniques used, etc.), information about the object(s) shown, and the photographer's information.


Interested?
Digital images can be sent via email to skyimagebotanic@gmail.com as an attachment (do not include off-site links to images), while postal images are to be sent to Botanical Exhibition ℅ Seanie Morris, Anstee, Daingean Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.


CLOSING DATE
All considerations must be received by Friday January 8th 2016.


Please Note
- If submitting a printed photo, it cannot be returned. Images supplied DO NOT become the property of the Irish Astronomical Society or the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies, and copies and prints will be discarded after the exhibition (unless otherwise stated, whereupon the photographer will be contacted accordingly).
- Photos submitted may become part of any promotional campaign to be used in print format and in online news sources and social media specific to this exhibition.
- The organisers and their affiliated clubs (IAS, IFAS, or other) are not responsible for lost postal submissions, lost or misdirected emails (an autoresponder will confirm your email's arrival), or incorrect information supplied.


Want to help out?
The exhibition itself will be manned by volunteers from day to day. Do you think you would like to give a day of your time to act as a sort of exhibition administrator and tour guide? Then please let us know!


Good luck, and thank you,


Seanie Morris,
IFAS Chairperson
(and sent on behalf of the Irish Astronomical Society).

Midlands Astronomy Club.
Radio Presenter (Midlands 103), Space Enthusiast, Astronomy Outreach Co-ordinator.
Former IFAS Chairperson and Secretary.
The following user(s) said Thank You: johnomahony, mamiya645, Kinch, Bruno, yohan, Joergn, scfahy

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8 years 4 months ago #105104 by mamiya645
Seanie,

This is great!

Can I just quibble one thing in the rules, though: "All photos will be fitted in an A3 mount and frame, and therefore may be subjected to cropping, if necessary".

Now if there's one thing about us (astro)photographers, it's that our final aspect ratios are sacrosanct. We compose per the camera format - or some pre-conceived cropping of that format - and the most common formats are 3:2, 4:3, and 1:1 square. Square cameras in particular are quite common now in astrophotography. None of these formats is an exact match to A3 (1:√2)...4:3 comes closest but it still requires cropping.

And then you have the stitchers and mosaicers...whose work leads to even more diverse and non-standard final aspect ratios.

Can you imagine a gallery owner saying to Ansel Adams - "I love your 'Moon Over Half Dome', but I'm just going to crop 20% off the bottom of it so that it fits the frame I have in stock"?!

So could I request that you allow a selection of frame aspect ratios for the astrophotography exhibition?

Or failing that - if A3 is the only framing possible -, could I suggest that you replace the cropping rule with one along the lines of this:

"If you wish to submit an image in an aspect ratio other than A3 (1:√2) and not have it cropped by us, then pad it out to 1:√2 dimensions by adding a border of black, grey or white pixels as you see fit".

Cheers,
Ray

"...we get to make it with hot alien babes. And, after all, whenever man has looked to the stars, isn't that what he always dreamed about?"
- Futurama [loosely quoted from memory, but I love it for its dismissal of traditional astronomical platitudes]

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8 years 4 months ago #105105 by yohan
Nice one! Ill make sure to send something Seanie!

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8 years 4 months ago #105125 by johnomahony
Image sent !

The Lord giveth, the Revenue taketh away. (John 1:16)

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8 years 3 months ago #105136 by Bruno
Just submitted 3 images :-)

John

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8 years 3 months ago #105158 by yohan
Submitted 2 images just now!

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