The last 2 comments on upper cropping were useful but to tell the truth of the shot, I was trying to use the rule of thirds, therefore the log in the lower 1/3, the horizontal log and the vertical log in the middle 1/3 and the larger amount of reflected greenery in the left 1/3.
As for the crop off the top...I really couldn't take off enough of the leaves as the tree in the middle needs the space above it to reflect the reflection.
As I mentioned in my OP, my wife didn't like the log in the water and to appease her sensibilities I cropped it out and then to appease my ego, posted here knowing that most of you would like the original and I could tell her as much...
I do however like the crop that cziz did as it shows my capture of the rule of thirds much better.
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