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Waxbills

I spotted these waxbills whilst in a hide on a lake - everyone else was looking at the hippos in the lake, and as usual, I was focused on the birds....
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I spotted these waxbills whilst in a hide on a lake - everyone else was looking at the hippos in the lake, and as usual, I was focused on the birds.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 260/1

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Hazyview, Mpumalanga, ZA

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Nov, 2018

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