And efaulk We are not picking on you, or on our comments. It is a valid comment and one I can agree on in terms of DPC.
Please do not think you are being singled out, as we talk about this photo.
There is DPC photos, then there is, I am so over it, this makes me smile and makes me happy for my own reasons photo that meets the challenge. That is where I am right now.
I like my clutter/ excessive top part, as I said it reminds me of exotic expensive wallpaper. For DPC, yes, a crop would probably be great idea, but I personally loved the top half, as to me, it brought it al together. But I like my tunnel of darkness, I pied to no one, but myself. Probably why, all my recent photos are 5-. I like what I have done. And I am at the point that , if it makes me happy or evokes a nice feeling, then it is good enough for me. Not DPC.
I love the clutter too, I can see where they are coming from as it seems you have to scroll down to see the bird, but when seen as a whole picture, it is very pretty. It reminded me of an expensive wall paper.