For our two-hundred-and-sixty-second selection, I take the first risk of the series, regarding copyrights. Self-titled “M45: The Pleiades” is astronomy picture book amazing, I can’t believe that Luis Argerich captured the image with telescope and dSLR. Camera information is missing, which is suspicious—then there is the fantastic image. But looking over his blog, there’s every reason to want to believe he is the shooter. He is that good.
“I’m 100 percent dedicated to nightscapes and wide-field astrophotography”, says the college teacher from Buenos Aires. “If there’s an eclipse, meteor shower, conjunction, or other astronomical event near my home I’ll be there”. He adds: “I try to show the beauty of the night sky without making composites or collages. When possible I shoot the scene in a single shot but sometimes I need to take several frames to increase the depth of field, the dynamic range or to make a wide panorama of the scene”.
I picked the pic, because the seven sister stars are among my most favorite. Luis captured our Day Taker on Dec. 1, 2013. He joined Flickr in November 2006.
Photo Credit: Luis Argerich