You may be right about the crop. I have a version from a couple of years ago like that - and this was an attempt at something different.
I'll give it a go if I get a chance.
Jim
sierraphotography
16-Feb-2012 05:14
I think it would look even better with the daylight and flower pot completely cropped out.
I know the composition is tight. But I literally had my back to the wall, and my left shoulder as well. I wished I had my wider lens with me, but alas, this was it. Anything more on the right sliced the left off too much, and I wanted all 4 arches.