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You've got pretty busy image because of the location of the gator. To reduce the distractions will take some work but I would do the following:
1. Tighten the crop from bottom and the right, eliminating the tree on the right and the vertical portion of the broken branch.
2. Darken the bright, OOF branches on the left.
3. If you have the skill, clone out all of the remaining bent branch that covers the snout. Or at least clone the parts over the snout.
4. Darken the green blades behind the gator.
Quality of images on the Nature forum is extraordinarily high and the volume of images is equally impressive, so dont be discouraged.
To improve, work hard to get a cleaner shot with less overlap of twigs, branches. You might be able to shoot more wide open (didnt check EXIF) to throw foreground and BG out of focus more. You shot at eye level with a nice "profile", so great job there.
Scott
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