Personally, I lie the first composition better - the vast area of the room - the ceiling - gives me a feeling of the solitude that i think you were going for. Tighter crops on the chair lesson that feeling and give me more of a feeling of "contemplation" - dunno if that's what you were going for... ? The second crop (the tighter crop on the chair -thread No. 7) is a composition I love as well - but it's a completely different photograph. This composition - to me - is more of a statement of "OK - I've got a grip on what I need to do....now it's time to concentrate on what that is...". To me, it's a much more "organized and easily digestible" image - the message is easier to read...but the message (again, to me) is not so much a feeling of "lost and alone" as "contemplation". Is the first crop better than this?? ...... no Is this crop better than the first? .... no They are truly 2 different compositions the tell completely different stories, (and both of them very well!!!) I have a question - what were you feeling when you took this picture? - or better yet - what feeling werre you trying to convey when you took this picture? Whatever the answer is - this is an awe inspiring image (regardless of the crop) - it just has so many different meanings that are affected by the cropping! Wolf