From the Botswana image gallery, this pied kingfisher obligingly posed on a twig for me. This species was frequently sighted both hovering over water and also perched as shown here. Notice the blurred background, a result of the background being well separated from the bird, and the narrow depth of field, or selective focus, due to a wide aperture being used.
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