Thanks so much for all your comments. I love this site. I went back and reshot this pic lower to the ground, as suggested, and was surprised to find I was not happy with the result. As such, my eye definitely shifted away from the tree, which I think is the most interesting subject, to the house.
Why compose the shot with the branch right across the house? I think there might have been a good shot here, but the current composition does not work. 4
I like the position of the tree and building but would like to have seen the building without the branch through the middle of it. Could you have achieved a better result by positioning the camera closer to the ground so the branch went over the top?
Oh and the colours are too saturated for my taste.