It shows the drama of the GBH in it's natural environment
Second one, well for the most part it works for me. Log looks beautiful and most of the bird. My nitpicks are around the GBH's head and beak. There the lines suddenly become too linear, which breaks with the uniformity of the rest of the pattern. Stood out to me immediately and I find those distracting. But that's just me. There's a little "Sheldon" in me I think