Loverly light, bird, behavior. Head angle is a bit off. BKGR is killer. This one is in desperate need of a crop from the bottom to get rid of the focused leaf in the lrc...
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I like the light in this Mital, and she's on a cool looking perch. Sharp throughout, with a great OOF BG. I would change this to a vertical if it was mine.
Yes, the lower leaf does grab too much attention and should be dealt with. Wish for a slightly better HA. A vertical would be nice too - but that would be a significant crop (especially if this is already a crop itself).
Love the repost.
I was going to suggest more room at the top in the orginal as your eye was going straight off the top of the image due to the pointed 'seed stalk'. Your repost takes care of that. You could take a tiny crop of the top and left to balance the image to suit your eye--as is your eye wonders to far to the right to see what there and obviouly nothing's there.
The first one is behaviorally more interesting but the repost is far stronger artistically.
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Black-breasted Weaver - Female
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