Portrait or Landscape?

[rgs]

My first interest in wildlife photography was having the critter be an element in a Landscape, but some photographs are a bit hard to pin down. So, here's a Baltimore Oriole I photographed at Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner this week. Tell me what you think.

[David Eckels]

I think the left-right connection between the bird and the bug calls for landscape. Nice photo.

[francois]

Great shot and I agree with David. Without the bug, it would be more portrait but once you include other elements like the bug, things change.
Well done (portrait or landscape)!

[PeterAit]

I think the left-right connection between the bird and the bug calls for landscape. Nice photo.

I agree.

[RSL]

What difference could it possibly make?

[degrub]

angels dancing on a pin.

[rgs]

What difference could it possibly make?

None, really. But it sometimes helps to get aa clear purpose.

[Paulo Bizarro]

I like it as it is. I think the framing needs some space in the direction the bird is looking at.

[Chris Kern]

I like it as it is. I think the framing needs some space in the direction the bird is looking at.

Hmmm.  My inclination would be for a tighter crop to accentuate the juxtaposition of the bird and the insect—maybe a 5:4 aspect ratio (attached).