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[CS]

I'll vote for #2, but I'm sure that we haven't seen the end of this.....

[Thomas G]

But the cropped version stimulated such a wonderful participation and discussion!

[...]

 
Yes, very true. And that crop is valid and works!

[Andrea B.]

The Eternal Conflict: 
What do we want our Viewers to see in our Photograph
versus
What do our Viewers actually see in the Photograph?

Either view of Woodley Will's foto works in its own way.

[charlie]

I just realized I have practically no interest in photographing people, gulp.  This critiquing stuff is getting uncomfortable 

But you are photographing people, they just didn't happen to be in the frame at the time you clicked the shutter.

Have you tried a crop right down the middle of the shrub on the right?

[Thomas G]

But you are photographing people, they just didn't happen to be in the frame at the time you clicked the shutter.

Have you tried a crop right down the middle of the shrub on the right?

+1 = will look good (a little further left works as well)