Male Looking at Female Duck

Another photo of the same two ducks in the April 1 2020 photo. I couldn't decide which is better so I uploaded this one too

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is ok but the branches are blocking the ducks just a little bit which takes away from them. You could fix it by cloning out the branches but your second shot doesn't have this problem so why take the time when it's already done in your second shot?