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My best picture this week (captured from Dec 31, 2011 - Jan 6, 2012)

Challenge #22 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Announced:

Saturday, 24th December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 31st December, 2011 – Friday, 6th January, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 7th January, 2012 – Friday, 13th January, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Only basic post-processing.
Color and B&W are accepted.
Digital reproduction of existing material, is not allowed.

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

And (as an additional rule on top of the previous one):... Pictures must be captured strictly from December 31st, 2011 - January 6th, 2012 (GMT)
Please, first make sure your picture is not matching the subject of any other open-to-submit challenge, around the moment of uploading. If so, rather submit it there instead.
During the submission phase of this challenge, pictures present here may not be present in any other challenge.
Pictures must contain a full Exif, IPTC or XMP metadata record, that must match any manually provided information.

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200

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Happy New Year!

by gerry328

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A bundle of Filipino firework rockets called "kuwitis" being launched one after the other in rapid succession, less than an hour before midnight during New Year's eve, to celebrate the arrival of 2012 inside our family compound.

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Submitted:	Sunday, 1st January, 2012 04:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 31st December, 2011
Focal length:	105 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	6400
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