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Works for me, lovely light and super silhouette.
It's refreshing to see some more creative and evocative bird photography images posted here!
The first posted landscape format image most definitely works for me. I like it very much and it's a great example of why bird photography need not be always about a beautifully lit bird on a stick with no background environment detail and very suitable for publication in a species guide book. < I like that style too but you need not make any excuses whatsoever for shooting evocative images.
The second portrait format image is too much of a narrow vertical slot and is also too brown and not enough golden.
My attempt at the same type of evocative image: https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/stealth-in-the-sunset-little-egret.578014/
All in my not so humble opinion
I like it... I like it a lot!