Russell - I like the colors and the comp with the dik dik having room to move into the frame but for me there's too much oof. I think I would crop about half of the oof fg out and go to more of a pano crop.
Very nice image Russel, I like the warm colors and the space really feels good with this one.
Myself, I like oof foregrounds but maybe a little off the bottom might work.
Russel, I agree that the OOF BG is too demanding on the eye. In this case being higher would have cut that back a lot and given the Dik Dik an all grass BG further from the tree line. I think isolating him in the grass would have been the way to go.
I like the stance and concentration on the animal - well done capturing that.