I think some would like the twigs removing and others it does not bother them at all. Thats a great example of how some people like things in one shot and other can hate those very same things
I would have liked to have seen a little more depth of field used to allow all of the fugii in the foreground to be in focus too. It does not kill the shot but for me would have probably made it slightly better and drawn my eyes through the shot.
HTH