They love Pincushions

I went to lunch with my sister in a beautiful garden. It had many pincushions and a few birds came to visit.

This is a Malachite Sunbird which hardly sat still.

[*lynn]

stunning bird and flower

[Christina]

Beautiful focus and detail

[moni kozi]

Holy guaccamole!!!! The bird and the flower... whoa!!!!

[gloria jones]

Wow...What a gorgeous capture. That is a beautiful bird.

[amyK]

Wow, wonderful bird

[Issi Bannerman]

Great capture!

[Pam Knowler]

Stunning capture!

[Susan Wakely]

What a great contrast of colours.

[Babs]

Wow what a beautiful bird fav

[Carole Sandford]

Wow! What a brightly coloured bird!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wow, out of this world! such a stunningly beautiful and colourful little bird! He looks almost unreal in his iridescent plumage, and just perched there on the flower-head. Isn't nature wonderful! fav

[Gosia]

Fantastic

[narayani]

Absolutely stunning!

[winghong_ho]

A beautiful and colorful bird.

[Valerie Chesney]

Gorgeous bird on these lovely flowers. Fav

[Kathy A]

This is so gorgeous!

[katy]

FAV This one is definitely headed to the TT! Absolutely gorgeous strong colors and composition

[Mags]

Beautiful shot!

[Kitty Hawke]

Oh wow.....he is so colourful and so tiny too.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture. He is a beauty.

[Nina Ganci]

stunning capture

[LManning (Laura)]

What a gorgeous bird! I have never seen one like this.

[Jo Worboys]

Oh my, definitely nothing like this one here!

[Merrelyn]

Your sunbirds are stunning.

[Pam]

This is a stunner!!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

I'm with @monikozi ! The bird and the flowers, wowie wow!

[Renee Salamon]

Oh my, this is stunnng

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Heather]

Wow! A superb capture, Diana! The green iridescence of this pretty little bird stands out wonderfully against your grey-green bokeh! And the light on the bird and the pincushion is glorious too! Fav!

[Allison Maltese]

Wowsa! I'd crop out the flowers on the edges and frame this as a square. The bird a is stunning, and your DOF is perfect. FAV.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- my goodness he's absolutely irridescent!

[Diana]

@lynnz @christinav @monikozi @seattlite @amyk @jamibann @pamknowler @wakelys @onewing @carole_sandford @beryl @gosia @narayani @wh2021 @happysnaps @kjarn @grammyn @marlboromaam @cutekitty @mittens @ninaganci @ljmanning @365projectorgjoworboys @merrelyn @pamalama @kchuk @rensala @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @falcon11 @olivetreeann Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@falcon11 Thanks for your input Allison, I was considering it. I do nor really like square photos so left it. But looking at it now, you are right ;-)

[Wylie]

OMG what an amazing bird and shot, fav

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Diana]

@pusspup @rickster549 Thanks so much :-)

[Peter Dulis]

Congrats on TT :)

[Diana]

@pdulis Thanks Peter, ditto :-)

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Diana]

@vesna0210 Thanks Vesna :-)

[bkb in the city]

Great capture of a beautiful bird

[Diana]

@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian :-)

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely image.