Location: Roma, Italy

Favorite location: Sweden

Equipment: Canon 70D, Canon G10, Canon 35mm f/2, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro, Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6, Canon Extender 1.4x, Manfrotto tripod M-Y 7302YB, Manfrotto head 494RC2, Benro tripod A-056, Hoya Circular Polarizer, B+W 77mm Closeup lens, B+W ND 64 filter, Tiffen ND 1024 filter, Lowepro Computrekker AV backpack

Favorite photographer: http://www.paulnicklen.com

Web site: http://www.raffaellatesti.com

500px: https://500px.com/raffaella73

She likes to travel and she loves everything that brings man closer to the knowledge: since she was a child, she started collecting coins, postcards and stamps. At the beginning, she started making photos mainly to have a memory of her travels: she switches from compact to disposable cameras. In 2007 she passes to digital Reflex with a Nikon D70 and in 2015 she changes into the 70D Canon. She likes the nature photography because it's possible to spend hours in the nature without speaking: "I let myself be lulled by the sounds, by the wind blowing on my skin and by the panorama I can see in front of me. I like photography because I can leave to the images the use of the word, the power to communicate. It's not enough to look at the world with both opened eyes to see it: sometimes it is necessary to close an eye to admire the details; other times it's necessary to close both eyes to savor the 'essence and to see all the shades."