Dear Cameron, I'm thankful for your kind words... :))

The two images above surely are very strong for their own sakes, but given the fact that one derives from the other, their being represented in a diptych gives us the opportunity to observe how the artist is able to work on variation(s) of a master image to explore it further, and how he uses his creativity to brew out different meanings...

Thanks for caring to produce this effective diptych..! :)

The effect that you've achieved along the borders of the window in the manipulated version (on the right) immediately reminded me an image of Lucas Samaras...
...After this...