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 (21)
Fidelity2
Excellent image. 5+.
xxancroft
ABSOLUTELY STELLAR (OR SHOULD I SAY - LUNAR) IMAGE THANKYOU
amorales
Great story and a great shot.
TwoPynts
Exceptional moonshot and stirring words.
mark.spooner
Beautiful work!
Ionel
Excellent!!!
mhyrdin
Marvellous sharpness ! I like your personnal story too ...
amlondono
GREAT SHOT !!!!!!! . Thank You .
jared99
Wonderful shot!
frankie96
Such clarity when zoomed in..really nice image...
Orchidman
Excellent photo! The clarity is perfect. A favorite for sure.
Damia
Amazing shot. The detail is fantastic. :)
nikolais
a wonderful story and a wonderful image of superb clarity. your art is my only window into outer space and I am grateful.
Sans2012
The detail is sharp and the exposure is perfect. Great mag too! Excellent shot mate:) 5+
SoulSearcherr
I love your work..impressive
mamabobbijo
I love the story. He obviously sparked a fire for the stars that still burns bright today! Amazing shot!
Svarg
Great shot, and warm memory.
Timmism
An inspirational and moving lunargraph! Such clarity!! I'll be showing this to my four year old twins who are right into space and in particular our moon. Thanks for this close up.
krakosky
a lot of details, fantastic shot 5*
WindchimePhotography
Fantastic!! I'm just getting a start with lunar photos, this is absolutely amazing and something for me to aim for!
G_Mansco
Lovely introduction for this so terrifc shot ;O)