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Tui timing

At the start of a sunset walk around Lake Matheson, on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island, several tui birds were feeding among the flax plants in the late afternoon light. Luckily, they were more interested in their dinner than me, so I could change to my long lens and capture this image, which was short-listed among the best

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