Hi John, Thanks for commenting. If I moved the point one to the left, the bird would have as you said, been placed back in the frame. But two up from the center is as high as you can go so the bird would not have been more up in the frame.

One out of two ain’t bad.

with love, artie

Hi Matt, As presented, the bird’s eye is just to the right of the upper left rule of thirds spot. And yes, if I moved the AF point one to the left, the bird’s eye would have been either right on or just to the left of the upper left rule of thirds spot …

I think, however, that that would have been a bit better as the distance from the bill tip to the right frame edge as posted is very close to the distance from the back of the head to the left frame edge …

with love, artie