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I was lucky to sight this giant lizard near the shrubs! Just look at the powerful claws of this 4 feet long lizard.

Also called Bengal Monitor or Varanus bengalensis by binomial name. Possibly excessive hunting and loss of habitat has pushed this species to the brink of endangered species list. ...

Photographer:	X Arun Prabhu
Folder:	Common area
Uploaded:	09-Jun-2010 16:49 CEST
Current Rating:	8.50/2 View all ratings Delete my rating
Model release available:
Camera:	Olympus E620
Exposure time:	1/640
Aperture:	f/6.3
Focal length:	184(Eq 368mm
Lens:	SWD 50-200 + EC 2O
Focusing method:
ISO:	200
White balance:	Auto
Flash:	no
Image format:
Processing applied:
Various:
Image resized to:	784x657

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Good composition and timing when you shot the image. You might crop a bit the top and bottom of the image to place more attention on the head of the monitor lizard. And perhaps process it a bit to make it more crispy and contrasty.

Alfred Molon at 20:54 CEST on 09-Jun-2010 [Reply]

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Alfred Molon wrote:
> Good composition and timing when you shot the image. You might crop a bit the top and bottom
> of the image to place more attention on the head of the monitor lizard. And perhaps process
> it a bit to make it more crispy and contrasty.
>

Thanks Alfred for looking and for your comments! I have also taken shots of this lizard with close-ups of the head; but I preffered to post this composition. Yes, processing a little more may perk this image a bit, though this is the way this lizard actually looks!!

Greetings,
Arun

Arun Prabhu at 06:44 CEST on 10-Jun-2010 [Reply]