Hi John,
Very nice. I don't see a need to crop the image, as Bart suggests. If you crop off to the right you have a tall panorama which isn't condusive to the mood of your image. You'd have to crop off some of the top or bottom to regain a 4x5 ratio.
I also think that seeing the trees, grass and path add information about the location as well as give a nice ambiance.
The white post growing out of your wife's head is more distracting for me. The simplest solution is to burn it down (metaphorically) so that it is darker and less noticeable. Right now it's one the brightest area in the image and as we all know the eye goes to . . .