Gini's Nature News

Is this not the most breathtaking image of a hummingbird you’ve ever seen?

This astonishing photograph of a Rufous Hummingbird in all its sheer, shimmering beauty was taken by nature photographer Roy Hancliff, of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, who specializes in capturing stop-action images of birds in flight, among other things. Hancliff has taken thousands of photographs of hummingbirds, and he thinks this one is his best yet.

Gini’s Nature News (GNN) was originally going to feature this image in a roundup of some of the many amazing sights and sounds of Nature that few people ever get to see or hear. That roundup is coming, but this image couldn’t wait. Thank you to Roy Hancliff for sharing it.

To view more of Hancliff’s beautiful photographs of birds, bees and other wildlife and purchase prints of your favorites, click here. To view his exquisite 66-image Flickr portfolio “Birds in Flight,” click here. To visit his main Flickr photostream page, where this hummingbird image is featured, and learn more about what went into capturing this photograph and others, click here.  Browse all three. You’ll be glad you did.

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