Amazon Kingfisher

Howdy all. Another shot from my Brazil trip of a pretty familiar subject during my time in the Pantanal. This was one of several Amazon Kingfishers who hung around right outside my door pretty much (The pixiam river was maybe 50 feet away). He pretty much refused to perch on anything except the piece of wood he is on, so you take what you can get. This was taken a few seconds after he had made an unsuccessful dive attempting to catch a fish. I was happy to catch him still fluffed up a bit with some water droplets on his feathers. A few dives later he caught his prize!

Canon Eos10D + 400mm f/5.6L @ f/16.0. 1/200th sec, -1 2/3EV. Fill used to get a catchlight (it was bright, but overcast if I recall right)