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2 dragons, a cicada and a puddle

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2 dragons, a cicada and a puddle

Postby Hyena on Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:09 pm

What a combination :lol:

A few shots from the last week or so:

This one might look a little mundane at first glance but if you look closely you'll see its actually a reflection in a puddle.
Maybe it's still mundane... :P

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A green groccer (I think ?)

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There's lots of these dragons around where I live.
This one was basking on a rock out in the midday sun

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I really like the colour in this one. It's been enhanced a little in PS but that's pretty much the colour he was. I don't know if these guys have chamelion like abilities but he's a very different colour to the other one yet very similar in colour to the log he was laying on and the surroundings.

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Postby Bindii on Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:08 pm

Loving the Greengrocer! I might be tempted to crop in a little to lose the blurred foreground though...

All in all great shots!
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Postby blacknstormy on Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:43 pm

Nice shots !!!
I actually like the OOF foreground in the cicada shot - gives it a sense of place, and highlights the 'secretiveness' of the insect - but JMO :)
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