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12 Spotted Dragonfly

12 Spotted Dragonfly

camera

DMC-FZ200

settings

Aperture 40/10 ISO 100 Shutter 10/6400 Focal Length 1014/10

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upload_date

Jul, 2019

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186

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+6

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Very beautiful dragonfly!

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What a beauty, well composed. Where does it live?

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