Nice to see you posting Robert :). I like the patterns and color of the water. It has a soft, polished metal look to it. I keep wanting to take a little off the top for more of a pano look but I think its a phase I'm going through with elongated subjects like this. I also think its interesting how the reflection almost looks like an inverted reversal of the gator's head.
I happen to like this better cropped as a pano. There is alot of bright reflection in the water and cropping part of it out helps draw your eye towards the center of interest.
Great looking image Robert... that peering eye with it's reflection draw you in over that great water surface. I ditto the idea of cropping slightly from the top. Great stuff!