A nature photographer in Jalpaiguri, India, captured a strange sight last summer: a crimson sunbird bathing in a dewy flower petal. He felt extremely surprised.

Rahul Singh, 28 years old, is a professional engineer who is passionate about nature photography. He went to Cooch Behar in August 2020. Here, he witnessed a beautiful scene.

It was in the morning. Rahul watched the sunbird suck nectar from the banana flower.

“Everything was going normally but suddenly I got a concussion,” Rahul told The Epoch Times. “The crimson bird began to bathe in the drops of water on the banana flower petals after the early morning drizzle.”

Witnessing the charming scene like in a fairy tale, Rahul pointed the camera lens towards the bird, focused, pressed and held the photo button; and he created the brilliant photos below:

He had never come across such a scene.

“This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime moment,” Rahul said. “It’s amazing how nature can surprise us like that.”

“When we observe nature deeply, we will realize God is a great artist, everything is related, we just need to protect it and grow together.”

He has been photographing nature for the past six years and has captured candid moments of elephants, deer, rhinos, jackals and monkeys — but this sunbird left an impression on him.

Rahul later posted the photos on his Instagram: “A female Crimson Sunbird used the water on the petal of a banana flower to bathe, as if nature created a bathtub full of flowers for her.”

The photos attracted thousands of views from netizens, who were moved by that perfect moment of purity.