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Pitti Palace detail, Florence #3

A section of the Pitti Palace showing an archway and courtyard, Florence, Italy

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The Pitti Palace on the south bank of the river Arno is one of the foremost and well known art galleries in Florence, and Liz and I spent a day there exploring during our short break in Tuscany.

Although the artwork was nice, I was much more interested in the buildings and gardens, with the older, sub-terranean sections of the palace holding special interest.

The warm play of light on the decaying ochre walls of this courtyard was particularly attractive to me, as was the framing of the scene through this archway.

The arch within an arch draws you into the image, and I wonder what lies through that passageway?

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Filename - florence pitti palace 03.jpg

Camera - Nikon D3100

Lens - 18-55mm zoom @ 48mm

Exposure - 1/25sec @ f5.6, ISO100

Location - Florence, Italy

This image - 640x800px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Lens stabilisation used to prevent camera shake with hand held exposure.