lesser pied kingfisher

http://i52.tinypic.com/2wml890.jpg
canon 450d, canon 400mm, f/8, 1/1600, iso-200

Beautiful. Well caught. Just would have like to have been a bit closer to the action. Like your handling of DOF.
Ken

Nice one.That's a cracking lens.

I'd never have guessed that was a kingfisher.I've just checked them out and there are almost 100 species in three main groupings.... Trees-River-Water, the smallest being the African Dwarf and the largest the Giant and the heaviest isn't called a kingfisher atall - it's the Australian Laughing Kookaburra. It's the Tree group that is suffering most on their 'threatened species' list because of deforestation - this relentless deforestation, especially the illegal activity, is an evil (the orangutans of Indonesia come to mind)

Superb bokeh too. Have you looked to see what a bit of cropping might do ? I was thinking of infront of it but leaving enough 'room' for it to 'fly into' and some from the base line. Just a thought.

thanks friends for comments...

That is a pretty cool looking bird. Good photo.

thank you very much Brian.