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[Jobymon Cherayil Prakesh]

7D +100-400 1/400sec f-5.6 iso-800 fl-400mm f distance-14m 70% of the frame

[Mrudul Godbole]

The head turn and eye contact is nice. I think the AF point is locked on the body. A narrower aperture would have been good. Wish the bird was closer for more details. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

It appears to me as a Stork-billed Kingfisher(Halcyon capensis).Details are so nice but its true colour of the upper plumage is blue with greenish glaze. In the image it looks green, may be due to some processing problem.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

P.S.: Correction:Upper part is looking blue instead of green-blue.Sincerely regret for the mistake.Overall a nice image.This bird is very rare in the Sundarbans here.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice eye contact. Agree with mruduls comments.

Shakti sab i guess there is some regional vairations is plumage colour for this bird. Most of them I've seen down south here lack the greenish tinge.

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Thanks Roopak Bhai.Your painstaking observations we value so much.SaktiWild