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Monitor Lizard_Sri Lanka

Monitor Lizard_Sri Lanka

Not a great fan of these animals but this one largely ignored me and obligingly halted for the shot. About as close as I would like to get although this Sri Lan...
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Not a great fan of these animals but this one largely ignored me and obligingly halted for the shot. About as close as I would like to get although this Sri Lankan lizard is not dangerous like his larger cousins further east.
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DMC-G1

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 420/10

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Sep, 2018

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