A Blur

Leaf 218 – Reflections

 

The first time I saw one of these remarkable creatures, I found I could hardly focus my eyes on it. Its wings were moving so fast, and it was darting about so quickly, it was hard to make sense of what I was seeing. So very small, I wondered if it really was a hummingbird? – But that seemed impossible – There are no hummingbirds in Japan! – In the end, I used my digital camera to take a photograph and see just what this creature was, captured in freeze-frame.

 

 

A blur buzzing about the bush,

azalea-to-azalea-to-azalea

– hummingbird hawkmoth.

 

 

 

 

Photographs by Tim Chamberlain (2006)