Monitor Lizard!

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Monitor Lizard!

Postby foonji on Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:09 am

I was on Trimouille Island (part of the Montebello Islands) and for you who know your history, yes, this is the island where the brit's conducted nuclear bomb testing in the 50's, one of the largest nukes set off in australia was here...

but back to the subject...

while we were cooling down on the beach of the island this fellow was a bit nosey and came right up to us! he was on the hunt for turtle eggs, but found us instead! he was chillled, he posed away and let me get up close and didn't move.

if anyone can identify him exactly wat type, i'd be interested to know :) btw... i apologise for 2 of them being slightly bluish, i just noticed it myself and its too late to fix them now :P

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and for you who want to know... was taken with canon 30d and 70-200 2.8 :)
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Re: Monitor Lizard!

Postby adame on Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:40 am

Foonji

Love these, the light in the lower half of the fist is distracting try cropping, love 2 and 3 the pattern on the lizard and the texture of the sand go together so well.

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Re: Monitor Lizard!

Postby blacknstormy on Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:38 am

That second shot is absolutely superb - would make a fantastic print !!!!
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Re: Monitor Lizard!

Postby marcotrov on Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:50 am

Love the perspective and shallow DOF. Yes it would make a lovely print. I believe it's a Sand Goanna or Gould's Monitor. I have a friendly(mostly) that i hand feed at my campsite on the Mitchell River on the Cape in Q'ld. A very large one at that. :)
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