why was it rejected?

Hi @opa5CC1,

It's a nice closeup of the fowl's head. However, the photo is very noisy. This is observed more clearly below the subject when zoomed in at between 100 and 200%.

Best wishes

JG

Photographer and Nutrition Author

It's a nice picture, abstraction done by the bad background. But there was some overprocessing by your camera, because the fine feather detail has been eaten up by the noise reduction.