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 (17)
bebert
PARFAIT !!!!!!
vice
ahha... the place we faked the landing. looks good 5+
Synari
Amazing.
thevolunteer
Hahaha, I love what vice said. And it is probably true. Great shot. Love the exceptional details. Aloha
Aioros
Wow, gorgeous capture!
lanemtripp
im at a loss of words(which is awful hard)its just....all that and a bag of chips!
viper
incredible detail
Svarg
Incredible indeed. Wonderful shot!
timtripp
WOW!. what kind of equipment was used for this image!
Cosine
This is truly spectacular! I'll never get detail like this from my 400mm lens LOL.
kimariehere
WOW!! one of the BEST Moon shots i have seen in quite some time !! amazing clarity and detail .... AWESOME ! I LOVE THIS you must have some remarkable to do this work!!!
jared99
Gorgeous image! A great moon shot always takes my breath away.
TwoPynts
I've been mooned! Incredible detail. :o)
DukeNukem2005
Very beautiful image!
Meowgli
brilliant - I've only just discovered your astrophotography shots and really like what I see.. must have taken a while to get the knack right!
Superastro
Overwhelmingly beautiful. If I could give it 6 I would.
Wurzelchen
great shoot!