I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg. 
Peter Pan

 

Acrylic impasto palette knife painting
Bird Series No 9
Chickadee sitting on tree branch, snowy background
Available for purchase here

This is how real photographers get it done. At least that’s what I was told when I yelled, “What are you doing??!! You’re going to get killed!!!” 😉 Truthfully, we could hear cars coming from about a mile away, and it was dead quiet, except for the wind. He wasn’t in any danger.