A hummingbird rests on a tree branch as it looks out over some 50 acres of giant tecolote ranunculus flowers at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, California March 10, 2010. The flowers attract thousands of visitors each year during their six to eight week bloom period. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)ᜥ摹ឨ噗孽僓䩃䠈㚲⮯ŏ䛁ᩕ̌㫺㕵ᓪ樢畄正y
I took this picture on a sunny fall afternoon on a prairie near Chicago, Illinois. To improve the color saturation, I blocked the sunlight with my body. The blue background came straight from the camera. The image was not altered with any editor. Ț