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Kokubunji, 2023.04.08

I got very lucky this morning. I was out to pick up a rental car at 06:00 and came across a parakeet devouring some blossoms. I was using a manual-focus lens, but it all came together. These are four frames from the camera in sequence.

flight of the parakeet

flight of the parakeet

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