Taken last summer in Iceland as Gail B. and I weathered the rainstorm... We were shooting the female and whammo: all six chicks busted loose from under mama and ran in every direction. Because of the lovely vegetation and how wee small they are, it isn't possible to get a "clean" shot so i did my best to remove a few intersecting grasses... Downy chicks leave their nest with adult female within a day after hatching. Female tends young, but young feed themselves. When they were out from brooding, the chicks would slide their beak along a stalk of grass to get a few drops of rain to drink. This image may not be pleasing to some bc of the busy BG, however, for me, it brings back a joyful memory and an inside view of this tiny creature just starting its life... the rump feathers are overshadowed by green grass and i couldn't do anything to improve that area... The chick is approximately 4x4 inches!
Love the rain drops on the vegetation and chick and all the splashes of color from flowers. May not be classic "Birds as Art" but I love it just as much. TFS
A fun image, not 'clean' but nature often isn't . The chick is cute, lots of colorful bits, rain.
A very small change I might consider is to remove the stem right in front of his beak. Would give him just a bit more visual space.
Very cool chick photo and the splashes of color are great...
I assume you cropped as much as you thought reasonable but I would go tighter if you could...