About Rickydavid / Riccardo Cuppini

I'm not simple to understand, my behaviour is often aggressive but sometimes I'm able to be also sweet and accomodating.. However I love photography as an Art, I think that is possible to shoot good photos also handling a common camera and that the photographer is the painter of our own feelings as they are seen thru the camera lenses
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"A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind."
-- Quote by Albert Einstein
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Total views of my stream at August 18th, 2009: 101395

Flags since June 16th, 2008

My photos seen in the interestingness section of Explore:
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1. Mystical, 2. Broken Stairs, 3. Richness, 4. Marble Shell, 5. Prayer, 6. The Wheels of Progress.., 7. Tension, 8. Clarities, 9. Errors.., 10. The vigor of the mind.., 11. The Future..., 12. The Change..., 13. The Old Village, 14. The Resting Place, 15. The Temple, 16. The Boat, 17. Phase, 18. Violence!, 19. ...Perpetual devotion, 20. S.P.Q.R., 21. Wildness, 22. Reason, 23. ..A woman of Paris, 24. Rhythm of Life, 25. Dr. Frankenstein, 26. Christmas Pressure..., 27. Homo Sapiens, 28. Giada, 29. Love, 30. Ghost House, 31. Corner, 32. Meditation, 33. The laurel of the warriors, 34. Be yourself, 35. Zen, 36. The Present, 37. Timeless, 38. Matter of horizons, 39. Work, 40. Freedom..., 41. Maturity of Mind, 42. Objective, 43. Beach, 44. Perpetual movement, 45. Aims, 46. One Religion, 47. Summer, 48. Poisons?, 49. Dangers, 50. Night dreams, 51. ..alone, 52. Fairy Tales, 53. Order, 54. Nico.P, 55. Red Sky, 56. Carceri mamertine, 57. Silver cloths, 58. Beauty, 59. To Fly, 60. Vision, 61. Tries, 62. ...Kissing, 63. Life, 64. Drama, 65. The Ultimate Theory, 66. Growing old, 67. Where to start?, 68. Diamond, 69. Traditions, 70. Woman in Red, 71. Happy Birthday "Pensiero"!!, 72. There's also who pass Christmas at Office!
1. Castles in the Air, 2. Melancholy, 3. Woman's Eyes, 4. Reminiscence, 5. Within me..., 6. Simplicity, 7. December, 8. Fountain, 9. flickr.com/photos/7977981@N06/2078553224/, 10. Geometry, 11. Good Manners, 12. Hungry?, 13. Distance, 14. Sun Vertigo, 15. Man's Mind, 16. Love beads, 17. Atoms, 18. WWW (Wet Wide Web), 19. Ferrari, 20. Tomorrow Life, 21. Wild Beast, 22. Points of View, 23. Pizza & Mortadella, 24. Iron, 25. Knowledge, 26. Happiness, 27. Thinking...., 28. Abandonment, 29. Donkey, 30. Federico Fellini, 31. Classic Smile, 32. Yesterday, 33. Beach Foosball, 34. Space-Time Continuum, 35. Rebirth, 36. Venere, 37. Stability, 38. Future Past, 39. Becoming, 40. Peace, 41. Past, 42. The Beauty of Imagination, 43. Faith, 44. Once upon a time...a City, 45. Spectators, 46. Feriae Augusti, 47. Giraffe, 48. Hairdress, 49. Red Dragon, 50. Old Stadium, 51. Senility, 52. Bridge, 53. First of All, A Note Sounded, 54. The Last Wagon, 55. Wall, 56. Ghost Ship, 57. In my dreams, 58. Coleopter, 59. Height, 60. Light Flower, 61. Mesh, 62. Sleeping Beauty, 63. Strange Cocktail, 64. Jasmine, 65. Washing Machine, 66. Venice, 67. Towards the sunset, 68. Departures, 69. Forza Milan!!, 70. Lucky day, 71. Flying home, 72. Storming columns HDR 3xp, 73. Todi Cathedral HDR 3xp, 74. God's House, 75. Shark, 76. Fonti del Clitunno, 77. Bridge, 78. Sunflower

Here you can vote some of my photos submitted to JPG MAGAZINE
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The Flickr group I have founded:
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www.flickr.com/groups/410369@N23/

You can also find my photos in the Utata annual big project:
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My photos on Photorevolt:

My Equipment:
Nikon D70 with battery grip (July, 2004):

Tokina ATX Pro 12-24 f/4 (May, 2008):

Tokina ATX Pro SV 28-70 f/2.8 (October, 2007):

Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6 APO MACRO DG (August, 2004):

Kenko extension tubes for MACRO photo (October, 2007):

The Cokin filter system (August, 2004):

Flash METZ 45 CT-3 (May, 2008):

Seagull Angle finder (October, 2007):

Velbon CX mini Tripod (July, 2004):

I'm a Free Spirit

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Groups (50)

The Ruby Awards/INVITED PHOTOS ONLY!!!! 79511 photos, 14530 members
*The Feel of Photography* New Contest* Water Fowl* 47358 photos, 3089 members
***SCREAM OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER*** 375064 photos, 18532 members
**SimplyStunningShots** INVITED PHOTOS! **Post 1 - Award 3** 3102 photos, 1268 members
ROYAL G. ☮ Post Your Best Work in +20'000 Topic ! 270849 photos, 20290 members
Simply Super Shot 1474 photos, 345 members
* Natures Beauties~ONLY NATURE~NO people~NO man-made ~NEW RULES! 269098 photos, 16658 members
as beautiful as you want 72754 photos, 3939 members
A stairway to Heaven (La scala verso il paradiso) 3876 photos, 911 members
flickr Award (MUST award 3)No comment=BAN 228414 photos, 21588 members
Flickr. Masterpieces **Post 1, Comment on 3** 43229 photos, 5887 members
nikon d40x italy 6559 photos, 670 members
1001 Dreams – Museum of Erotic Art 1313 photos, 1217 members
ART CAFE f/2 - Telematic Art Forum 30962 photos, 5496 members
Dragon Dagger Awards - The Photo Warrior ***NEW INVITE CODE*** 39048 photos, 6551 members
Picture Fantastic - Invited Images Only Please 10060 photos, 4087 members
Silver Badge Nomination Post 1 Invite 5 INVITE ONLY~Contest 4869 photos, 1616 members
Jedi Photographer (ADMIN INVITE ONLY / award 3 please) 6166 photos, 2828 members
Reflect your World (Invited Pictures Only- Survey) 19265 photos, 5505 members
Night Shot - Invite only (Post 1, invite 1 - comment 2) 7137 photos, 3563 members
Milanouel!W 6328 photos, 1961 members
Empyrean Portraits&People - post free - New rules - post1/award1 7020 photos, 1693 members
B&W Diamond Awards (Post 1, Award 5)-B&W Only - No Frames!! 70164 photos, 10668 members
**Over the Excellence** (INVITE only - add1/com1) 57344 photos, 11734 members
Flickr Diamond - Invited Photos ONLY 103144 photos, 20891 members
Our Memories, Our Times - Seen in Green Contest - *Enter Now* 48714 photos, 2930 members
The beautiful image TOP - Invited Only - Post 1 Award 3 17210 photos, 5399 members
"FLICKR POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHER" POST1/AWARD3 QUALITY IMAGES ONLY 83207 photos, 4524 members
A Double Fave (admins' choice) 997 photos, 3222 members
Damn! I Wish I'd Taken That!!! (Invite Only) Post 1-Award2 133994 photos, 22956 members
Italian Flickr World 101919 photos, 4719 members
OF 35638 photos, 1512 members
*****FROM MY LENS***** 156211 photos, 7405 members
Vision Quality 100 / (+100 VIEWS) ...!!! 25218 photos, 2415 members
PHOTOGRAPHERS GONE WILD - POST 1/AWARD 2 (MANDATORY) 613070 photos, 33780 members
"Quality Pixels" Post One Award Two..SWEEPER IS RUNNING 125036 photos, 7214 members
Flickr Platinum Group (INVITE ONLY) 7942 photos, 2741 members
469 Photographer (Post 1 Award 5) 165553 photos, 10061 members
Nitens Flickr Gadgets 5 photos, 64 members
Discovery Photos: Post 1, Vote for 3 318234 photos, 22556 members
Sorrisi/Smiles/Sonrisas [14° Contest: Smiling during working!] 38751 photos, 10536 members
** with SKY ~Post 1 Award 3~ 62531 photos, 7003 members
Help me to learn Italian! 2984 photos, 929 members
DIGIFOTO Pro 276824 photos, 13478 members
The New Academy: Invited, Post1 Comment3一張作品三個評論 29781 photos, 6105 members
LifeBeautiful(post1/AWARD1)-11°GARA:Animali in Libertà-VOTA 8487 photos, 1421 members
"World Nature & Wildlife Closeup" ~Post 1 Award 3 153870 photos, 10256 members
Artistic and High Quality Macro (ADMIN Invite only) ~AWARD 2~ 10407 photos, 3299 members
MAGICAL! (Open for posting now!) AWARD 2 17586 photos, 5033 members
*RefleXionS* (Post 1-Award 3) 29323 photos, 5278 members

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Testimonials (12)

etrusco74 says:

"Conosciuto nella community non ho potuto far altro che innamorarmi dei sui scatti, veramente bravo!"

22nd July, 2008
cath2pints says:

"Ricky takes the most fantastic sunsets/sunrises and they are sooo natural.....i love taking a peek at his stream although sometimes im speachless and cant comment as everyone has said it before me....great work Ricky and keep sending these beautiful shots...BIG SMILES ;-)"

25th June, 2008
angel pastor says:

"it's not just that your photographs are gorgeous
it's you captions, the way you have to see the world
bravo!"

24th June, 2008
Juan M-Cañero says:

"Gacias por proponerme como contacto, tus fotos son geniales y para mi es un honor

Un saludo Juan"

19th June, 2008
Picture Books says:

"I know Rickydavid only through his photos. But what photos! Without fail, the words are thoughtful and his visions haunting and beautiful!
"Art Photography" does little to describe the true artistry of his photography. His work should be on the cover of magazines. Someone should have done a book just of his photos by now. To shake the hand of the man who has taken such photographs would be a privilege."

16th March, 2008
dragonfly901 says:

"Conosco Rickydavid da poco tempo ma da subito sono rimasto incantato dalle immagini che riesce a catturare con la sua Nikon, profondità, colori ed un innata passione caratterizzano ogni scatto."

25th February, 2008
lorenzo cuppini verducci says:

"It's wonderful to see a picture, having the beautiful sensation to live it, to be there, in that place, to feel the moment it was shot. Riccardo has got the rare gift to transmit similar emotions.
Me and ricky grew up together, so our paths of life, however different are continuously interwoven with each other and he has always been, along with my family, a fixed point, a reference, an example.
Thanks to him I have approached again to photography and thanks to him I discovered flickr in this beautiful community of passionate people.

You are not only a fixed point for me, but for many people who loves your wonderful creations.

Thanks Ricky!!! :)

Your bro,
Lorenzo"

8th January, 2008
iChaz says:

"i, and many other admire your work with a passion!
we know you will continue producing wonderful works of art and stunning us with your creativity!"

4th October, 2007
rattoeur says:

"an eye able to look in hundreds different ways the same things, a new way to arrange perfect shots, that become really emotive, with their colours, their light, and unique points of views.
There are no words to describe the fine quality of his shots, just take a look trought his gallery, and you will appreciate his work, handled with the passion of a man that live in the illumination light of photograpy!"

27th August, 2007
Antica Stirpe Studios says:

"Scrivere un testimonial è una cosa impegnativa ma a volte troppe parole fanno rumore e servono a poco.
In questo caso particolarmente inutili sono le parole, dato che i meravogliosi scatti di Rickydavid parlano da soli.
Comlimenti davvero per il gusto, l'innato talento e la perfetta composizione, davvero un "maestro" da seguire con attenzione."

26th July, 2007
Mareadjrock says:

"Le sue foto sono a dir poco meravigliose, le guardo spesso perchè mi suscitano emozioni piacevoli. Secondo me la bravura di un fotografo sta proprio nel far emozionare le persone con i suoi click e a quanto pare lui ci riesce benissimo :)
Consiglio a tutti di ammirare ed emozionarsi con i suoi scatti!"

1st July, 2007
ELODIE®FOTO says:

"complimenti per le foto stupende, mi lasciano senza fiato vorrei riuscire anche io a suscitare tali emozioni"

23rd June, 2007