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: but if there is a hunter around they both are trophy...
No, despite Del Paso's attempt it's the Duck season on this page
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Greater Scaup and Mandarin. Old photos, the rainy weather is kind of persistent in Hawaii this year
!Greater Scaup and Mandarin. Old photos, the rainy weather is kind of persistent in Hawaii this year
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Back to DxO PL. Long story -short: more than an year my PL8 stopped working, I upgraded to PL9 and it was the same - they didn't recognize my credentials (!?). It was with my old computer (Windows 10). My new computer is Windows 11 and voila - at once I'm a legitimate owner. The problem is that I can download only PL9 - the previous editions are not available in DxO store for downloading (I like the simplicity of PL6 and PL8 since I don't always need all of the new features of PL9)! Anyway: the noise reduction and the control of the colors are day and night in comparison with the Windows Photos program (not a surprise!). Today it was good day to take photos in low light (overcast and windy and most importantly - finally no rain!!!) and to see what the last edition of PL9 can do! I missed the fraction of second when the Japanese White-eye landed on the flowers of the Jade vine - it could be a nice photo...
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I don't know how many are familiar with this, the courting ritual of the Great Crested Grebe. It needs a movie or as here an animated gif to appreciate it. (R5ii 800mm).
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A quick shot in Biscayne National Park in Florida. I went with only a 24-70mm on my trip, not wanting to fly with multiple lenses. I may look into getting the 24-240mm for my next trip to Ireland so I won't have to crop as much.
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And #2: "Mynas wars" as it's called here on Hawaii. I missed the moment when more birds where engaged. Here are only 3 (plus a referee 
). These fights are always spontaneous and finish as fast as they started. It appears they have some rules: no pocking in the eyes (feathers are fare game)!!! Moments later (when the bad mood/ego is over ) they use to feeds in close proximate without problems!
One bird overestimated it's capabilities and attacked...
That didn't went good but it still tried to fight...
I believe the bird on the left is the "referee" and in the last two shots it's saying "stop it, stop it it's over"!
). These fights are always spontaneous and finish as fast as they started. It appears they have some rules: no pocking in the eyes (feathers are fare game)!!! Moments later (when the bad mood/ego is over ) they use to feeds in close proximate without problems!One bird overestimated it's capabilities and attacked...
That didn't went good but it still tried to fight...
I believe the bird on the left is the "referee" and in the last two shots it's saying "stop it, stop it it's over"
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