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

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

That's an amazing photo. Is she a ruby-throated?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

No, an Anna's. But beautiful! I love the close-up on the bees too. It makes me feel tiny, looking at this picture--this is how the world is if you're tiny!

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah, he's on the west coast. I didn't see the link.