Nice picture. :) How about maybe something in the foreground to hint at what might be on "our" side of the scene here? Maybe a tiled floor running perpendicular to the patio entrance with the lines of the tiles in perspective subtly pointing into the scene? But actually, I think if you just simply chopped off the bottom of it, right below the clay pots, it would make for a better picture....the lower part of it below the pots just seems a bit too dead. I like it otherwise, though...the colors are very cool and unified, and I can see a definite shift in the overall warmth of the picture from the background to the foreground without any drastic contrasts. The yellow of the bird offsets the violet of the flowers nicely. :) Cheers, Mike