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I couldn't resist this when I saw the statue with the banner behind it. This is located in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.The banner is actually an ad for LaVazza espresso.

The famous Uffizi Art Gallery is nearby. Grand Duke Cosimo I is generally credited with creating the Uffizi which eventually became home to a world class art gallery. A lot of the art housed there was commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo I.

Another fireworks shot re-purposed for New Year's Day!

The past two shots were taken in 2005 with a Nikon D70. I knew that the high ISO performance and low light performance with the D70 was lacking just not how much until I got my D90. You can't see it in the medium size images but there is considerable noise in these images and post processing only makes it worse, so there is minimal pp on these. The D90 even at high ISO has very little noise, in fact I turn off the in camera noise reduction since reducing the noise also loses some detail. I'd rather do that in PS so I can decide if I want to sacrifice any detail.

Looking forward to seeing what I can do with fireworks in the future.

Happy New Year to all my Facebook and Flickr friends and family!

Monarch on a flower passed its prime. Wanted to get him with his wings open but he wouldn't cooperate. And could have used a little fill lighting too, just didn't think of it at the time.

Taken at The Inn at Westwynd Farm outside of Hershey, PA.

It was tough catching this guy in this configuration, he was darting from flower to flower and wouldn't sit still for more that a few seconds. Even in this image his right wing had started back to takeoff again so the focus is a little soft on that side.

Taken at The Inn at Westwynd Farm outside of Hershey, PA.