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.
Comments (18)
mark.spooner
Excellent solar shot!
PeeWee05
OMG - IT'S SO SMALL - WAIT, WAIT, IT'S SO BIG!!! Oh now I'm confused!!!
Janiss
An excellent graphic pict... superb!
TwoPynts
LOL, now I'll have that song in my head for the rest of the day. Superb capture. :)
PR0XIM0
Yeah....you recognized that song? I just got the tickets for to see/ear them here in Italy in October 2,I am already in trepidation ,now !! For me..a dream that will becomes truth ,I love them,so much
BibbyBear
The Police eh! How strange to link them to a photo like this.... awesome, the photo I mean. Great shot, superb capture. xx
PR0XIM0
@: BibbyBear yeah THE POLICE,my favourite band ever I'm glad that the picture likes you Thanks
clemens-k
yes, great song! king of pain is my favorite song from police.. great shot from the venus transit!
lwperkins
Beautiful clear transit photo--better than I have seen in the magazines!
dgrits
Terrific shot! Interesting that the Sun, normally SO harsh and destructive to photos in the normal sense of the word, is reduced to a big moon-like ball...
jadench
Amazing capture! Would love to know how it's done.........Wait a minute, mayby not. Might spoil the magick.
auntietk
Yup - had the song in my head when I clicked on the picture! Nice!
Cosine
Yeah, I had the song too before I even saw the picture. Another great shot; well done.
MaydaMason
it's a pity for the jpeg compression... btw it still a wonderful work... one more time!
alhak
The Police are awesome! lucky you...enjoy great pic...damn your good... can you take a pic of your telescope and post it, would really love to see how you get these..ta
kjpweb
Interesting and very well done!
zina
that's my soul up there....
nikolais
incredible