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 (20)
carlx
Excellent capture from M-45!!! Beautifuly done!!!
frankie96
So very unique..
DHeuer
Really nice work. Very impressive.
Ger50
very impressive
Garlor
Very Enterprising,I am still being amazed by these views
AyngelPhoenix
~smiles~ Oh, another stunning beauty! Marvelous capture! Thank you for sharing. I do so enjoy your contributions. ~Ayngel~
GiMi53
Magic & Marvelous... One feels so small in this huge universe...
jared99
Excellent and beautiful.
brevis
Awesome Proximo - truely awesome. Well done - great focus, perfect trackin and excellent compostion. You've got this artform down. Thanks for sharing.
nongo
Well you've once again managed to make me feel as small as a pea... Super cool shot!!!!!!!
Cosine
Another wonderful capture. These stars seem so close in brightness it's hard to tell which are the "seven."
stuart83
Stunning view & capture Stuart
MaydaMason
the blue glowin' of this photography is extraordinary! another impressive found and well captured!
oscilis
Magical photography.
cshark
I've seen many shots of the Pliades; this is one of the better ones! Nicely capped.
yeohann
Wow another beautiful astrophoto---you even captured the nebulosity. Maybe you can call your next image Nebulosity on Renderosity. Your photo skills are excellent!
KatesFriend
Beautiful.
zina
Fantastic! A+
TwoPynts
One of my favorite clusters! Heh, that sound strange but you know what I mean. Excellent capture!
xxancroft
Are those brush strokes really part of the constellation? Fabulous image.