bird of paradise

I said, "Wow", out loud when I saw this.  Very cool and unusual shot.   I think cropping the sides would make it even better.

When I first looked at the image in the standard "small" frame, I didn't fully recognize what was going on here - yet another reason to always look at the larger image. This is a wonderful image! Personally, I wouldn't crop on the right, but cropping some of the left "empty" space might add even more power to the image. I have one question, if you will - what type bird is this and where did you capture the image? (I guess that's two questions!) Overall, very well done and congrats on having patience.