Broken rules

This was a cattle egret chick who was very clumsy and was begging for food with one wing
stuck out and the other pinned behind him. He certainly looks like a "one-armed paper hanger".
I used Fractalious Impressionist for a filter and left him hanging:)

Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

Fantastic Cheryl! I love the high key look to this and the pose. The unusual comp works very well IMO. Maybe a teeny bit tight on the left. One of your best fracts!!:)

Thanks, Denise. I had to crop another chick on the left and left it tight so he didn't look like he would fall over:)

Hi Cheryl,

Nice work on this frac. I like the white background also. I wonder if you may be able to bring back a little sharpness to the tip of the bill or brush back in some of the original capture to bring back that sharpness.

Excellent fract work, Cheryl. I love the colors in the white bg. Good point from Andrew regarding the tip of the bill. TFS.

Very nice work...love the expression on its face, raised crest and wing...TFS...

Super moment captured Cheryl! I really like the fract work and the high key look. +1 on a little more detail at the tip of the bill. Very nicely done!

I love the framing, the soft light and colors, and the effect. But this is an adult not a chick :) Only the adults have the orange adornment. The chicks have all white heads. And yikes, the raised wing is loverly.

I love your egret Cheryl! Nice fract work and a super capture of the unusual pose.

this is so cool - the pose is really alive, and the soft colors are beautiful!

Thanks everyone! And Artie, you are so right;) This was an adult who was feeding chicks (one of the chicks had his or her wing pinned down) and it was as usual a feeding frenzy. Sorry for the mis-identification:o

No problema. I have made more than a few myself :) I still love the image.