Blue-winged Leafbird

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is a rare and first sighting for me to capture this bird in Southern India. The leafbird is also found in Sri Lanka as well. I could not get a better angle but was glad that i could showcase the environment and foliage where these birds are found blending so well with the leaves.
f/6.3
1/250
ISO 1600
700mm

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Never saw this one before - suitable name! The bird is nicely in focus and the BG still accentauates it well enough. Well done!

[Diane Miller]

It is indeed camouflaged! Nice capture of a very interesting subject.

You might consider a somewhat tighter crop (top and left) to remove some of the larger out of focus leaves. Although they do show the environment, they compete a bit with the bird. A polarizer might have helped with some of the reflections on them, but that would have cost light, and it looks like you had little enough to start with. Good job under less then ideal circumstances!

[Iain Barker]

This is a really nice bird I have not seen before. I like the fact that the leaves show the birds environment but find they are competing with the subject. I find my attention drawn to the very shiny leaf bottom left. I think that Diane's suggestion of cropping from the left and top is good and may stop the leaves drawing attention as much.