Reptile Dysfunction

Took this at the Detroit Zoo last Friday. Indoor reptile exhibit, through the glass.

Nikon D40
Nikon 18-105mm
No flash
Aperture Priority
Handheld
1/15
f5.6
105mm
ISO 200

Lightroom 4.4 - Conversion to jpeg. Cropped to 5x7.

Only intent was to capture the colors and setting of the exhibit. Looking for an overall critique. Thank you


Detroit Zoo by MichiganClassics.com, on Flickr

Poor guy has "RD" - he looks sad. I guess his lady friend left

Anyway - I would've cropped this shot a bit differently so his face is in the center of the frame and body is in the left 3rd. The branch in the back is a bit distracting, but may be less of a distraction with the different crop. The colors came out very good, and I'm surprised it's as sharp as it is handheld!

I cropped it a bit as suggested. It would be better framed in the camera like this, but I get the picture