A bird in the hand............

is worth two in the bush.

Our fellow 365er Peter @peterday is doing a whole series of sayings and he is up to #34. He was my inspiration for this shot. I hope you like it Peter. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

[Nova]

This one is for your Peter. @peterday :)

[Graham Thresher]

Amazing shot. Fav

[Babs]

So sweet, what a lovely shot.

[Peter Day]

@novab When I first started, this was one of the sayings I would like to use, however I did not think I could get a bird to perch in my hand. I thought about photo merge on Photoshop, but no good. I have no idea how you managed to do this Nova, but it is a feather in your cap. Come keyboard to keyboard with me. [e-mail]

[Mona]

How lovely. As bonus to this gorgous picture with the tit on the hand, I love the bokeh sayings. What a wonderful idea.

[Nova]

@peterday I'm glad you like this shot Peter and it is 'real' (as Mona mentioned in your project), just a little tweaking in lightroom to adjust the white balance. There is a park with trails in Dartmouth, where people go to feed these little birds by hand in winter (and all year). It is such an amazing & heartwarming feeling to have them land on your hand for a quick bite to eat and fly off again. You have to be very still and have lots of patience to get this shot. :)

Here is another shot from last March. http://365project.org/novab/365-year-2/2016-03-19

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful fav!

[Peter]

Fantastic timing, clarity and depth of field, a stunning capture Nova. Fav:)

[Kathy]

Just great!

[Julienne Jones]

That's really sweet! I'm glad @peterday has got you inspired! Lovely shot

[Maggiemae]

How nice to know that this is real! It must be very sweet to have one of these cuties on your hand. Quite difficult to get a photo holding the camera with one hand though! fav

[Emma78]

This is so lovely.

[Jodie]

Fabulous shot, such amazing timing.

[ChristineL]

What a thrill! Great shot and so fitting for the saying.

[Thom Mitchell]

Wow. A trusting bird?

[Margo]

lovely

[Islandgirl]

What a sweet shot Nova and I love how the bokeh highlights the little chickadee! We have been able to feed the chickadees as well, mainly in the winter.

[Nova]

@thresheg @onewing @mona65 @ziggy77 @pcoulson @randystreat @julienne1 @maggiemae @emma78 @jodies @inthecloud5 @rhoing @777margo @radiogirl

Thanks to you all for your lovely comments and favs. I could not have captured this shot without the help of my girl. She was more than happy to help on this day. :)