PhilMedcalf

Dwarfmongoose

Dwarfmongoose

This lovely little creature is a dwarf mongoose. At barely 12 inches long it is Africa's smallest carnivorous mammal. This shot was taken at Chester Zoo, E...
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This lovely little creature is a dwarf mongoose. At barely 12 inches long it is Africa's smallest carnivorous mammal. This shot was taken at Chester Zoo, England using an Olympus EPL-3 camera fitted with a Panasonic 100-300mm F4.0-5.6 lens. The camera settings were 1-125 at f9.0, ISO200 and a focal length of 150mm.

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OLYMPUS E-PL3

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Aperture 9/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 150/1

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Aug, 2016

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