We were left mouths open after seeing this amazing first-person pictures of birds eating out of the hands of a Russian photographer.

Aroian Ashot from Moscow captured these brilliant photographs as the birds ate bread out of his hand begging the question, how did he do it? The pictures were taken in south London’s Richmond Park and required a lot of patience and a quick hand by Ashot. Ashot came up with the idea of taking the pictures after watching hungry seagulls trying to take bites of his lunch while on a beach and decided to capture birds in action for a new photo project.

We like them so much because they look more like paintings than pictures so thanks to the Daily Mail for printing the pictures first. Check out our pick of our favourite shots above.

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