Rest assured nothing was taken personally and I appreciate and value the time you have taken in this discussion . . . I just didn’t want to be misunderstood and this is why I’m responding one final time. Since you asked, I do not consider balance and composition to always be exactly the same thing since balance can include other criteria. Also, I never said the balance was ‘perfect’ as stated in your response – I used the word ‘superb’. . . . *_*

David. You were not misunderstood. You were simply wrong and you keep trying to wriggle out of that. When I am wrong I say, “I was wrong.” later and love, artie

If you included the left-hand side of the leaf and did not center the chick the chick would have been a lot smaller in the frame and the image a lot less powerful. If you agree that the balance is perfect why did you suggest the change???

I strive to be 100% accurate with everything that I write or say and when I see comments that do not make sense to me I take the poster to task. 🙂 It seems that you might have been taking my comments a bit personally; please do not.