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PHOTOGRAPHY SECRETS › ›If you’ve been looking for a way to expand your photographic horizons and if you enjoy capturing images of spectacular objects,
astrophotography may be a new interest for you. You can do it alone or add a wonderful social element to the activity by doing it with
friends. Either way, the images that are possible are beautiful and limited only by your interest. ■Miguel (Mike) Antonio Olivella, Jr. is a professional photographer based in Tallahassee, Florida. Mike has been a featured photographer for Florida
State University Athletics (for more than ten years), Unconquered Magazine, and a stringer for two international wire services. His sports photographs
are routinely published worldwide. Mike’s wildlife, travel, landscape, and astro images have garnered numerous awards and have been exhibited in
various solo and joint gallery exhibitions. You can see more of Mike’s work at http://www.baselineshots.com, on Google+ (Mike Olivella), or on Facebook
(Miguel Antonio Olivella).Astrophotography with friends: My 10' dome observatory (center) between a friend’s roll-off roof
observatory (left) and another friend’s pod (right) at the Chiefland Astronomy Village in Florida.ALL IMAGES BY MIQUEL A. OLIVELLA, JR.Elephant Trunk Nebula Lagoon NebulaMoon Veil Nebula