May 12 - Hummingbird

"The hummingbird competes with the stillness of the air."

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Hummingbirds are in a word - awesome.  In a few more, they are little aerial acrobats that can hover, dart sideways, or even fly backwards - something no other bird can do.  They don't flap their wings, they trace a tiny figure-eight, more like a swim stoke in the air?  You know...  awesome.

This design was featured on the Isopresso members channel. I used shiny/metallic chocolate (Kalisan) for the wing feathers instead of standard chocolate, but a basic color contrast would have given a different texture.  

If everything is shiny - nothing looks shiny.

(view other birds)

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