White throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

I'm on a look out for birds these days and one day in the evening I went into my balcony to close the windows, just then I saw a brilliant display of blue fly across me and I ran to capture the beauty.

White throated kingfisher on a rain tree branch

White throated kingfisher

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An important point to remember in bird photography is to use shallow depth-of-field well so as to create an un- cluttered background which makes the subject stand out.