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 (17)
MaydaMason
dolcissima nella sua morbidezza/durezza!
devineydesignsllc
beautiful!
TwoPynts
Ouch! Wonderfully dark and prickely! :)
oscilis
A strong and stark image!
sharky_
Danger Lurks. Beautiful capture.........Excellent job. Aloha
mojo1917
looks killer in black and white. I like the centering.
Svarg
Beautiful! Nice DOF and composition!
mark.spooner
Excellent work! Love the DOF and composition and the detail on the subject!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Superb image, like it so very much !
Ionel
Excellent image, indeed!
alhak
ouch..nice B/W
nikolais
very nice!
PeeWee05
I like this, the contrast of the soft background vs the harsh sharp thorns.
Joko-Style
excellent shoot:-)
da_franze
superb image, i love it
Janiss
Great shot... excellent!
G_Mansco
Splendid DOF! Like the armour of a soldier ;O)