post it again, this time with attribution

[asakiyume]

I saw the beautiful image below--straight out of a children's story or a fable--on Facebook, but with no attribution. Some clever photographer had caught this moment of convivial interspecies refreshment, but who?

Fortunately, these days, you can put a photo's url into Google Images and search it out, and by doing so, I found it was by Toshiyasu Morita, a photographer who mainly makes portraits of cosplayers--but who also likes to photograph hummingbirds (and their bee friends).

Its original location on the interwebs is this post on Audubon California's blog.

So now we can make up stories about this hummingbird and those bees, and we can thank Mr. Morita for capturing the moment and sharing it with us.

Comments

[sovay]

So now we can make up stories about this hummingbird and those bees, and we can thank Mr. Morita for capturing the moment and sharing it with us.

I hadn't seen the photograph even unattributed, so thank you for sharing it! There could be a lot of good stories.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I like seeing the bees that close up. I've never seen bees drinking before. And a hummingbird that close up is a totally other creature.

[sovay]

I've never seen bees drinking before.

Me neither, actually. Only from flowers.

And a hummingbird that close up is a totally other creature.

It is significantly more of a dragon.