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 (40)
bakapo
a beautiful, clear image full of details... nice shot!
artaddict2
Fantastic Macro. Beatiful !!!
daffodilbaggins
Oh WOW! I've never in my whole life seen one of those! It's beautiful, and what a wonderfully clear photo of it, too. Very well done!
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE , COLORS & BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
wastl001
Excellent macro!
nongo
Gorgeous catch!!!!!!! Such a beautiful butty!!!!!!!
jgkane
Right place, right time, right camera, right POV... Just magnificent, Proximo. Regards, John.
RedundantlyAbundant
Awesome capture...I have never seen this species...beauty!
mark.spooner
Beautiful!
amlondono
Awesome ! ***** for you.More stars if i could . Good day . Ana
DCLEW2
Wow! that is a beautiful butterfly. Don't believe I've ever seen one before. Great shot too.
MrsLubner
This has got to be the most beautiful butterfly I've ever seen. The soft colors, the dark patterns the shape of the wings... its so beautiful.
wingnut55
an extremely good shot, it almost looks like porcelain.
kurtsart
A beautiful capture of a butterfly I have never seen before. Awesome!
mps
Beautiful image.
RobyHermida
Gorgeous capture!!!
TomDart
Papilio, this one is a fine shot in every regard. wonderful.
kimariehere
remarakably beautiful!!... AWESOME never seen one like this !!! SWEET!!
Leeco
Very clean shot of this beautiful blue eyed Butterfly. I have never seen one colored like this before. Thanks for sharing. Lee
gargoyle84
Awesome macro! I haven't seen a butterfly like this either! Wonderful! :^)
amorales
Fantastic clarity and details. Very pretty.
Kyms_Cave
This image just leapt out and grabed my eyes, soooo beautiful, so clear, fantastic.....
egliska
nice shot :)
CavalierLady
Extraordinary macro!!!
alhak
terrific capture!
Svarg
Stunning! Well done!!
NODROG69
Absolute perfection
mermaid
an excellent shot and cristal clear!
TwoPynts
Really quite something! 8')
mamabobbijo
Did she pose for these? The shots are amazing!