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 (18)
oscilis
Stunning!!!!!!!!!
jared99
Fantastic shot.
kjpweb
Hands down the best moon image I have ever seen aside from NASA footage! Kudos!
GiMi53
After seeing the first images in your gallery,I'm really becoming a great fan ! Thank you for presenting us such beautiful views of our spatial universe !
Azr1el
Beautiful shot and wonderful choice of poem! :)
frankie96
Another feast for the eyes...
markon
Excellent photo, I am impressed :)
Buffalo1
Beautiful capture of Sister Moon!
brevis
Another fantastic shot Proximo! Excellent focus - beautiful capture. It seems the heavens are yours for the capturing......so....with that said..... I have a request....or perhaps a challenge :-) Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359). You should have a decent shot at for another month or so. I tried it once with film - turned out horribly ;). So if you have the opportunity, I (as I'm very sure everyone else here) will thoroughly enjoy your effort. As usual, Thanks for sharing.
Cosine
Another excellent shot! Keep them coming.
nikolais
clarity is astounding
kimariehere
simply amazing !! wowww!!!! incredible!
stuart83
Stunning capture & detail Stuart
auntietk
Excellent, beautiful, wonderful shot! Thanks for sharing this with us, instead of selling it to NG! :)
PR0XIM0
@: brevis Hey! Thank you so much ,you're very kind. I never try to get pictures about NGC 2359 with my telescope,and now, Canis major is near the horizon and falls before the sky turn to dark. I'll be glad to try to get this challenge,next year. I got one shot of Thor's Helmet last year with the guys of the tuscany astronomic association. We got the shot with the 12"reflector of the observatory and by a SBIG ST 2000 we got a nice picture.
TwoPynts
Close to the same age as my latest moon photo, but the detail of yours blows me away!
zina
Magnificent moon image!
xxancroft
OOOhhh!!!!