Palmer and Astro-Lal ...

:) Like all hobbies and passions, when you get the results, either of goodness/quality of the product obtained, that of apparent temporary "Fame"/"Fame" has an incentive to others to get you by example, emulate his deeds but even better optimize, enhance, and even surpass your point of reference, where possible but always quoting, thanking him for being a stimulus otherwise you may just be the draft of someone. Perhaps due to the individualistic and selfish spirit we have, some of us exaggerate maybe with compliments, or worse, does not act in a fraudulent "stealing" the idea of the reference point, making her his. These things have always happened and will happen again, I myself as a kid bought a telescope that I thought I could use profitably and "rule the world" whilst I collided with the reality of things, was bigger than me and my abilities. It's a matter of humility and realism that kid out of ignorance and excessive flights of fancy, is less, yet growing intellectual maturity conquered you should overcome, but as we know this is not always the case for the frustrations of life it happens that at 40/50 years we still behaves on certain things like children:) and unfortunately we have to accept this as well , an examination of conscience sometimes say that never hurts. I to my insecurity or want to hear me only in my Follies, I always had of idols, reference points, the first being my cousin Patricia of 10 years older than me, who introduced me to the world of astronomy and photography. So far so normal, but what I never conceived is the pure emulation of the idol, without putting something unique and personal. Now, almost 40 years, are still reached behind these hobbies, I definitely grew up but in my heart, I can't say I've never emulated anyone completely, I took cues, especially I always made the honor it deserves to whom life was my example, passions and tried to spread my knowledge gained from for those who showed nice and respectful towards me without ulterior motives. Unfortunately over the years I have noticed the bad faith of certain individuals, many envy, sometimes "stolen ideas," stupid me giving confidence to those who didn't deserve it. But mostly I developed a certain hardness and fussiness, perhaps too beliefs who knows, trying to push myself further and further and listening to the advice of others but always trying to reason with him, for example "is always the right thing to do in this way because my mentor advised me?", I developed my own personal view of things, and from good\-natured, who was generous with me I had a generous and altruistic behavior. Returning to this Assembly of "astrophotography" I noticed some attitudes that I did not like at all, first is the envy it happened to my slightest mistake there were "Hawks" prepared to bacchettarmi, or went against the tide when purchasing a DSLR and making it deliberately change in South Korea to get what I thought a good improvement in shooting, I would expect that anyone who was interested in my progress asked me lumi rather than copy beceramente my choices, without asking me anything, sure it wasn't about my abilities but incidental capture of camera choice. But isn't that important, certainly not I was pleased, but if one burns that way Yes from me hardly will get help:) because I think everyone needs to develop its own personality, not taking cues from one another and thinking it's only merit of rigging. I'm not telling anything fancy, these things happen from time immemorial, but when you are protagonists, sorry. Given that my reactions have always been rather foul\-tempered and controversies (and I add stupidly, because facendosele slip off me, it would give less weight to the problem) I've antagonized much of Italian comunity:) but I must say I'm really sorry, I always thought better a few friends but good, rather than many and dubious quality. In my nit\-picking, I never appreciated the use of CCD cameras in astronomy, it will be because I have always considered the computer an issue to handle in terms of shortage of power lines and why this kind of photography I find it impersonal, the operator filming schedule and go to sleep, or even worse does remotely filming, leaving all the work to other ends of the Earth with almost all results aligned, no growth, flat, that just motivates me. Not loving then false colour processing style (HUBBLE, called hubble palette to the palette of colors typical of the filming of the hubble space telescope in narrow band) because it does not reproduce actual colors, and myself being a lover of nature and naturalness of the shots I always found it hard to consider the skill of the person using these techniques, which seemed to me always or almost like pure emulation without added value. Hanging to the comunity and photography and astrophotography I sadly learned that often the notoriety and the approval of other photography is more about the action by Public Relations, not for actual who took the photo. Folk images of the milky way, published by a renowned photographer but abject quality obtained and granted 22 thousand views and thousands of like, I'm not loving the self promotion and preferring humility 1/10th, but never mind, in my heart, I say, better few but honest. Yet no, several times I have been using it as a springboard to other:) in bad faith perhaps unintentionally but this is just lately a Spanish photographer, ignoring my work, saw my presence on a new network, it is made a profile and has seen fit to enter the round of treating myself with many like at that network only , I think, to enter the lap:) that sadness. the same images on facebook who ignored, since there had already achieved notoriety, now became magically worth mentioning. That kind of hurts, but individuals growing up I am learning to recognize them, I understand more when it comes to a child like I was 20/25 years ago, less when it comes to an adult. The summary and the moral of this chatty wrote is be humble and especially with your particular peculiarities, be grateful to your reference points, don't just copy people or worse to steal ideas, but put your:) you will get definitely maybe less popularity, but more satisfaction!