I do see what you mean about composition, and I wasn't too worried over that black stripe at the top, had to go take another look, really, when I read about it in Stock_Photos' comment. Lovely light you had! I myself feel a tad more distracted by the amount of all black (blurry) withered flowers more towards the right of your frame, I find there are just a tad to many "blobs" there, I think. Not sure. For all in all I like this one!