Dave, I'm glad to know that you apparently had the impression which is almost opposit the ones of the others. It might indicate that I have somewhat succeeded. To create images that can be interpreted in various ways is my goal.
And, no, I never thought about cloning out the bird. In fact, I had shot the same image without the bird about a second earlier, but the moment I sensed the bird was going to fly in, I knew that it would complete the image. The bird gave a nice tension to it.
