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thomasretterath

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Hippo in Northern Botswana

you´d better be gone

Hippo in Northern Botswana
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 600/1

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Mar, 2016

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