Hitchhiking!

I love these birds! I thought of cropping this one a bit closer.

Comments?

great capture.in my opinion may be a little cropping would have been o.k but without losing the reflection at all.

congrats.

Keep the crop - I like the bit of "wake" it's creating...

Kim, I agree with Brian about the cropping, nice catch.

Thanks, all. The ripples are why I did crop minimally and why I took the shot zoomed out a bit in the first place. I also wanted that reflection, too. I may try a closer crop for fun and see how it works.

I'd vote for a vertical crop to emphasize both the bird and its reflection below.

Nope, leave the crop as is. I think the composition is just right. The lighting on this guy is almost as though you've got him in a studio. A perfectly placed hair light.