Charlie Hein
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Welcome to the October 2008 Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest poll!
Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives the coveted Cloudy Nights t-shirt! At the conclusion of the poll, the entry with the highest total will be the winner of the contest..
Please choose your favorite out of all the images. This poll will remain open through November 15th at midnight EDT.
Here are the entries for October!
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Richard Scott:
M27 imaged through a C-11, auto-guided with a Meade DSI and PHD through an Orion ED80, and all of it pier mounted on a CG-5. I am using 5 11lbs counterweights on that poor mount!
30 subs at 60 sec. ea imaged at prime focus. Captured and dark subtracted in MaxIm DL, debayered and stacked in Nebulosity using colors in motion. And a bit of Photoshop
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - cvedeler:
Horsehead nebula in Orion
Taken from Farnsworth Ranch AZ on Oct. 25th 2008.
Scope: Astro-Physics 160 EDF + AP .75 focal reducer
Mount: Astro-Phyiscs 900 GTO2
Filter: None
Camera: Canon 350xt modified
Exposures:
10 x 12 minute / 10 darks
5 x flat / 5 x bias
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop 6.0, noise reduction with NEAT.
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - J.P.M:
The Butterfly Nebula
Imaged 29.09.2008, from city center of Oulu, Finland.
Imaging data:
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QHY8
- Filters,
Baader 7nm H-alpha, Baader 8,5nm O-III and Baader 8nm S-II
- Optics,
Tokina AT-X 300mm @ f2.8
- Exposures,
5 X 1200s H-alpha 3 X 1200s O-III
4 X 1200s S-II + flats and bias
- Guiding,
LX200 GPS 12" + PHD-guiding and Lodestar
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - rumples riot:
Jupiter and Io.
Taken 10 May 2008
Telescope: C14
Camera: Lumenera Skynyx 2-0
RGB 970 frames per channel
Sketching Forum's Finalist - markseibold:
3.3 Day old moon from a hill-top in Portland Oregon. A 19" X 25" pastel with the lunar disc sketched at a 12" diameter.
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Richard Scott:
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DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - cvedeler:
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CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - J.P.M:
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Solar System Imaging's Finalist - rumples riot:
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Sketching Forum's Finalist - markseibold:
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Dick Lipke
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This is cruel and unjust punishment to have some one choose only one winner!
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InkDark
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Quote:
This is cruel and unjust punishment to have some one choose only one winner!
I agree 100%.
I went with M27 'cause I've never seen it this way. Very nice everyone!
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Nick Cook
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Arrrrrgggghhhh.... So difficult to chose! Great work everyone. 
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William Optics Zenithstar 66 Petzal
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JT5
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In my book they are ALL winners!! 
John 
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fireman
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WOW!  M27 looks like a "see through" earth"! It gets my vote, but it was hard to pick this time ...
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Obsession 12.5, #1543
Argo Navis DSC
ServoCAT Jr
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Ethos 6, 8, 13, 17
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dvb
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M27 stopped me in my tracks -- BUT -- a "Beginning" imager with that gear?
I had to go with the Butterfly -- incredible detail and colour, sharpness.
As always, my great respect to the Sketch entry -- they never seem to win, but they are never fail to impress!
And the Jupiter, and the Horsehead! All terrific.
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BillP
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As I scrolled down thru the list I don't think I've ever WoWed so much. This is definitely a most difficult round...everyone should be given an award from this bunch!!
The Horsehead was spectacular. The balance of colors across the compostion was wonderful...very artful composition in addition to the technical aspects.
Jupiter was also astounding...don't think I've seen a shot like this outside of NASA. You can actually see many details within the GRS...incredible!!
Finally I thought the sketch was very moving...by far one of the best sketches out there. It captured so much mood that it made me feel like it was time to hear a good story telling as the sketch starts to open up ones imagination it's so striking of a composition. Excellent work!!
Wow...a humbling array of finalists!
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XT10i Dob---TSA-102 S-APO---APM80/480 S-APO--- P.S.T.
TMB Supermonos---Meade UWAs---TV Panoptic---AT Titan II ED
To your own eyes be true...
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Efflixi
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Jupiter has me in awe... that looks like a voyager image!
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Illinois
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I can not vote....all are real good!
M27 look so good for beginning.....are you sure?
Horsehead Nebua and Butterfly Nebula are superb!
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Tim Laswell
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So hard to pick. I like the composition of the horsehead. The camera brings out so much detail it almost looks artificial. I narrowed down my choice to what I would see looking through a scope. That left me with choosing between Jupiter or the Moon.
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sanlopez
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althouigh the pictures were grrr-eat, I voted for the sketch; it looks like the opening scene of a Tim Burton movie
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EXT64
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That "sketch" (if you call it that)is amazing. I'm scared to see what a painting from that artist looks like.
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Golden_Morgan
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The Butterfly flies off and very high ;-)
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Yossi Hury
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All are beautiful. I like the HORSEHEAD but my vote go to M-27.
Tanks....YOSSI HURY
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ngc2289
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To bad you can only vote for one!! I really loved the Butterfly, Jupiter, and the Moon!!!!!!!!!! The Moon reminded me of those nights I was out with my scope!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done all of you!!!!!!!
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Carolinaphotoguy
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My vote to the Horsehead. Absolutely beautiful. But the difference between all of the finalists could be on a scale of a single point out of a hundred.
Fantastic work.
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Floyd
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After looking at all of the pics--several times--I picked the Butterfly Nebula, but all of the photos were great.
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boogie
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My dear GOD!!!!
All are FANTASTIC!!! but the horsehead is just mind bogglingly - staggeringly - ridiculously AMAZING!!!
This is one of the most amazing astrophotos I have EVER seen in my life - this rivals the best HST photos.
It deserves every superlative I can think of. Simply magnificent
cvedeler - you're my hero
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"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen!"
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Bradley Miller
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The moon sketch was just amazing! I voted for it because I find it inspiring.
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Lathroum
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I'm new here... I just bought a ETX60 for $15 at a yard sale...I was just amazed when I could actually see Jupiter... (the small spot it was)
Then I saw THE HORSEHEAD on here... WOW!!!
I have never seen anything like that in my life... The color and composition are amazing... Send it to NASA and get your dream job now...
Philip
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waytoxic
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The photographs were great, but the sketch was fantastic. I have trouble drawing stick men. The sketching is a lost art. I liked it the best.
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george golitzin
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Wow. I can't believe what I'm seeing. Detail on Io, for crying out loud, and a classic Horsehead, with rich detail. But the Butterfly nebula just took my breath away--beautiful composition and fine detail, just perfect really.
Thanks to all the finalists, you're all amazing!
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vlad dumitrescu
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ummm it's a tough choice because all the images look great... finally i had to choose between voyager like Jupiter and the Butterfly ... i will go with the Butterfly, amazing skies in Finland even if the " lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go doooowntooooown..." 
Edited by vlad dumitrescu (11/12/08 02:31 AM)
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ASTERON
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I placed my vote and then I started crying  because all of the submitted work deserves a prize !
Kudos to all finalists
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mihai_sarb
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I think that for me (as for many others here) the contest is so close this month that the vote is just a matter of mood (tomorrow I might have voted something else...).
But detail on Io? That won my vote today... (still thinking of the cold nights in Finland for that Butterfly...)
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RGB
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Hard to pick a winner IMHO. They are all incredible. Good luck to all and congratulations to whoever wins.
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jelwot
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They are all outstanding achievements, but M27, wow that is realy something special.
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Arthur Dent
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WOW! What fantastic photos & sketch.
I was torn between the Butterfly Nebula and the photo of Jupiter.
The Butterfly Nebula just got it by a nose (but it was AWFULLY HARD to choose).
As already mentioned, the photo of Jupiter looked just like a Voyager image. How on Earth (no pun intended) did you manage to get such a superb photo??!?
Congrats to all the finalists (makes me want to give up any pretensions of imaging now)!
Art
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ilias200400
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Didn't know which one to choose, but I also voted for the mooon sketch. Amazing!
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CollinofAlabama
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This is cruel and unjust punishment to have some one choose only one winner!
What he said! Man, this one was TOUGH! I finally chose the DSLR of the Horse Head and Flame Tree Nebulas. But if the hand sketch of the young crescent, Jupiter and Io, or the Finnish Butterfly Nebula win, I won't cry. All these are just spectacular entries and worthy of praise. Three cheers for ye artesan blokes. Hip, hip, hooray!
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sunnynights
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More wonderful presentations and another difficult choice. Richard's just had that "floating in air" visualization that I find so appealing, and so rare, in a good view, so I voted for this one. Thanks.
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DDJ
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All of these are grand. I'll never photograph these but I hope to view them. Thankyou for all your fine views of the universe
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rumples riot
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This is one of the toughest competitions that I have yet entered. The images from all the other categories besides the one my image is entered are simply fantastic work. Whom ever wins, this is so well deserved. Congrats to all other competitors for superb images.
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Richard Scott
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Rumples…
I agree with you on the quality of the other contestant’s offerings. All of them are first rate.
I have followed your work on Jupiter for a while, and I don’t know anyone who has surpassed your captures. Setting aside the favorable location in the sky, You The man!
I have never made an imaging run off before, and when I saw what my M27 was up against, a sigh of resignation followed.
I have no doubt that any of them could make APOD.
Whoever wins this, well done my friend!
Richard
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Orion ED80 APO
NEQ-6 Pro
JMI NGF-CM Focuser
Orion SSDSI
Meade DSI Pro
all tucked inside the Blue Moon Observatory
http://tinyurl.com/29b9wn
Basically more scope than my abilities warrant
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markseibold
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To all
[quote from Waytoxic] >
"The photographs were great, but the sketch was fantastic. I have trouble drawing stick men. The sketching is a lost art. I liked it the best."
Thank you -
I want to reiterate that sketching art is not really lost; it is just that the digital photography world has oversaturated the internet (ie; cell cameras are everywhere now) which renders hand drawn art as a unique artform again.) Anyone can take the time to try it and practice a little. It only costs your time say, away from a rerun TV show on any clear evening! Perhaps a little initiative and passion of desire to do it.
To those who voted for my sketch, thank you very much; the moderator Charlie, allowed me some extra time to squeeze this entry in just past the date deadline, although I did the entire sketch in about 15 minutes (the terminator line was very roughly rendered in only a 5 minute period with a 14" lunar disc at a remote location due to clouds approaching fast on Halloween evening. I never finished the dark side until later from scratched in reference lines and the earthshine was not completed until another few minutes from quick memory after the moon was obscured by clouds. I had already photographed the nearly finished pastel image that night within minutes of the deadline; so I feel that for those who liked it and voted, to keep in mind that it was my least favorite work of any that I have rendered of celestial attempts at pastel sketching for the past two years, possibly due to time constraints, it turned out somewhat animated and not as surrealistic as I had planned.
So here is the actual final image that I missed getting entered, to photograph until daylight the next morning. - Mark >
My Gallery >
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=37924&cat=500
Brief photo tutorial below>
*Also, as many asked what else I have done with art; my entire life of art and astronomy can bee seen here >
www.myspace.com/marksolarprophet
Edited by markseibold (11/14/08 05:39 PM)
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cvedeler
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Wow! Pretty amazing work everyone! I'm privileged to have my Horsehead image among such an awesome Dumbbell, truly amazing Butterfly, a Hubble-Like Jupiter and remarkable Moon sketch.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my image. Great equipment makes all the difference.
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Erix
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As always, my great respect to the Sketch entry -- they never seem to win, but they are never fail to impress!
Actually, there have been two months where the sketchers did indeed win the overall contest. 
It's tough to do when there are so many wonderful camera/webcam images, though. You guys are amazing!
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WadeVC
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Holy Shmoley...they are all awesome! 
But alas, I have a lot of respect for the talents of the many fine astrophotographers here, but Mark got my vote with his Moon Sketch.
Although only one person can win the contest, the rest are certainly not losers by any means.
Best of luck to ALL the finalists!!
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mark47
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In my book they are ALL winners!!
John
Which to choose?
Fantastic images, one of the strongest contested for a long time. IMHO.
Mark
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Dark Skies Everyone.
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Thierrys
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They are all great but the sketch is superb! I think I'll
go with it.
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StarmanStarman4
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Since I'm typing this on 19th December, I assume the contest is long over! But who cares, I have to say the Horsehead Image looks like a Rembrandt, it should be hung in the Luvre (I'm European, but I still don't know how to spell it), but Mark's Moon Sketch captures that which The Moon doesnt' actually have 'Atmosphere'! He's managed to include in his sketch that feeling of awe, majesty, desolation, wonder, that you sometimes get when you gaze on The Moon and see it as you first did when you were 10 years old! Superb!
Also, Is this Mark Sibole the Astroimager of the year of recent years? He can draw like that too? He must have skipped the queue at the Talent Shop! Brillant!
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markseibold
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StarmanStarman *Edited Dec 21 2008
I had to reread your comment again; I thought I'd add that of you like the "moon with atmosphere", then you should see my most recent one that Spaceweather.com posted. There is even more atmosephere here as a real street scene below the conjunction of the moon-Jupiter-Venus >
http://www.spaceweather.com/conjunctions/gallery_01dec08_page3.htm
Or direct link to sketch >
http://www.spaceweather.com/conjunctions/gallery_01dec08_page3.htm
Thanks for the compliments on my art. It is really quite easy. There are no tricks. You just get passionate and do what your heart tells you to. It does help to get a head start in childhood though as I see many adults wait till middle age and then ask, how do you do this? They are dismayed when I say stop watching TV when you are about 7 or 8 years of age and take a closer look at reality. Parents, get your kids to start looking through a telescope no later than age 9 ~ 12 but have them start to sketch by age 4 or 5. I believe that the best have really started early in childhood while the others were distracted with perceived technology. Also, what do you mean by, I skipped the queue at the talent shop? I believe "talent" is partially inherant and mostly self taught. As an art teacher responded once in class when a young student asked, how do you make such great art? The teacher exclaimed as he pointed to his temple, it takes a little of this, and then pointing to his heart he said, and it takes allot of this. I believe that pretty much says it all.
As for me being the astro-imager for photography; I am not sure which venue you saw my past astrophotographs in. I have had a couple featured as full page print in Astronomy magazine in Sept and Dec 1994; my Robs Tree photos from central Oregon with star trails (see my gallery link below here). Perhaps your spelling of my name is confusing me with someone else. I see you wrote [Mark Sibole]. My last name is spelled Seibold. I have lived in Portland Oregon all my life, but things may change soon.
Thanks much for the comments on the art as it helps direct me to what I should or might be doing with it. I get requests for its possible use on book covers, company logos, etc. I am not really set up to produce it as such but possibly need to as I am now out of work as of last week. Not to convolute here, but I spoke on NPR's Talk of the Nation earlier this week about the whole situation. I am the opening caller. I would like advice from any of you as I find that my art is drawing awareness. What should I do? -Mark >
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98339217
Also see this >
www.myspace.com/marksolarprophet
My Gallery>
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=37924&cat=500
Edited by markseibold (12/22/08 05:18 AM)
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Erix
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Also, Is this Mark Sibole the Astroimager of the year of recent years?
No, although the name is very similar. Mark Sibole's site is Mark's Tin Shed Observatory if anyone is interested in seeing his work.
I have to admit, Mark, I thought you were Mark Sibole the first time you contacted me about sketching and was surprised to see the sketches when I knew of Mark Sibole because of his images. 
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markseibold
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Erika
Yes the name comes in many forms. Just to explain here:
I am not sure of Mark Sibole; as I just looked at his site; beautiful astrophotos! but there is another exact Mark Seibold who is a horse shoe throwing champ in Indiana. I see his name come up in searches. When I was in the 5th grade, age 12, someone brought I think a Newsweek magazine to class; they asked if this 12 year old who looked a little like me was me in the article. It is not.
Also another Seibold, J Otto, is a graphics artist illustrator whose work has been on Nordstrom department store bags, childrens books and more.
Joseph Seibold is a shoe and sandal company in Germany. My name or similar versions may all be relatives of some distant ancestry. The name is out of Bavaria Germany as Seiboltsdorf (for "Seibold's Village" but originally Sebald from the 1200's century in Grmany) and seems to be the inception of many creative German artists.
Now I should follow up to describe to a newcomer who currently asks for advice in the Sketching Forum as to how to get started in sketching art.
Mark
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Here I am late again with the comments! Thanks for the clarification Erika - yes two different but equally talented Mark's. Mark, my comment about skipping the queue at the talent shop is a Scottish way of saying 'your very talented'. Erika, your solar sketches are amazing - I haven't seen sketches of the sun before. Must take great concentration and memory to sketch a constantly changing view - well done! Good luck Mark on the job hunt - I'm in a similar boat but have been very lucky with stepping stones appearing just when I need them. Best Regards, James
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