Hi PROXIMO here . I live in Italy, in a city in Tuscany called Pietrasanta ( in the Versilia area ), which is within a step from the seaside;just about fifty miles from Florence. I'm a designer in marble works and I'm very passioned about astronomical photography ,reading and music. I approached photography late, around when I was 25. I started directly from astro photography . I began with an old olympus OM-1, 'till when, one fine day, I came across in a Nikon FM2 SLR camera...It was love at first using! I really got good time ,in those days, with it and my telescope. My firs experiences in the astronomical photography was not so good ,and those first results really frustrated me! I spent four years under the night sky before reaching decent results. Those first experiences led me to a new approach to the photography ,technical and expressive, and led me to the knowledge ,step by step, of the "tradictional photography. Recently I turn from the analogic photography to the digital ( which I distrusted till that moment )...I have to tell you the truth..I found it very funny and this new rush led me to a new inpirations. Now ,for the astrophoto, I generally use a MEADE Schmidt Cassegrain 8" reflector telescope (F2000mm f/10 ,that I use to reduce to f/6.3),one F 800mm refractor ,and a russian made F 1000mm catadioptric that I use also as guide instrument.
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Comments (42)
ultim8
Another Great Shot! It reminds me of the APOD site (NASA's Astronomy Picture Of the Day Site)! Awe Inspiring!
GiMi53
Last week was very busy for me at work and therefore, I missed a lot of great pictures uploaded in the RR Photo gallery So, once again, Im using the LWitG feature (Last Week in the Gallery - week 13/2007) to catch up Wonderful telescope image ! Congratulations for your selection !
FriedaFelicia
Magnificent and impressive!
Svarg
Astounding! Thank you for these spectacular images! I look forward to all your future works.
clemens-k
this is magnificent! looks like a piece of space-art from Greg Martin or so
IATROU
Incredible... i've just been on your gallery today. Thanks for sharing these pictures with us.
SoulSearcherr
simply...INCREDIBLE..
Andromeda31
My congrats man...I missed this one! From 1 astronomer to another, Fantastic!!! :D
xxancroft
Unbelievable!! Tried to give this a 5 but the gizmo doesn't seem to work.
beachzz
There aren't enough words to say how good this is. Orion's always been my favorite, but I've sure never seen it like this!! Fantastic!!
Crabbycabby
I may as well put my camera in mothballs now. No way can I top that. Fantastic.
junge1
Great capture. Something I always wanted to do but haven't come around to yet!