Vikki @summerfield made a few very good suggestions yesterday, so I though I should post the original. Behind the parking lot were blocks of apartments.
Ooooh! My first impression was that he is walking bare-foot on the cold ice! But then I said to myself "that is South Africa and they have summer there" and I looked closer to the picture and realised he was on the beach. Beautiful to see this. Enjoy your Summer while we cry for it to hurry here.
Now that I see the original I am especially impressed with your editing skills for the first one! And I also understand your motivation for it. I think you used great judgment to do it the way you did
Nice to see both photos to compare. I always like to hear others critiques. Sometimes I agree and can see their idea works better, sometimes I still like mine. Either way it's great to get feedback.