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Gippsland Water Dragon Portrait

Gippsland Water Dragon Portrait

They look prehistoric but Australian Water Dragons are thriving on our land today. There are two types - Eastern and Gippsland....
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They look prehistoric but Australian Water Dragons are thriving on our land today. There are two types - Eastern and Gippsland.
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camera

OLYMPUS E-M1MarkII

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 600/1

location

location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2019

Views

204

Likes

+7

Awards

Winner in REPTILES Photo Challenge

Peer Award

Top Choice

Magnificent Capture

Superb Composition

All Star

Emotions

Impressed

Categories

Congratulations on winning the Reptile challenge! Awesome capture! I love the texture on the dragon and the colours and the sharpness of the eye.

PRO+

Cool capture. Congrats on the win!

Ultimate

Color and detail are outstanding! Congratulations on your award winning image.

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