stilianos looking like a professional

i have posted a similar question about a not so similar picture

before. i asked for some criticism from a photographer i highly

respect, and he thought that the few pictures that i showed him

should have been cropped. not concerned with technical quality,

blurrieness, but he thought that this would be a more effective

picture as one of just the guy in the center. my style has been to

show as much of a scene as possible, to give context, and tell the

story, also, i think its more interesting to have lots

of 'minipictures' within one image. what do you think? would it be

more effective if i hadnt gotten the other 'distractions'? what do

you think henri cartier bresson or tony dummett sould have done?

heres the critique request from the other picture that i had similar

question about, although it is totally different, i disagreed with a

few others over wether the shot should be more focused

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001p6d

and if its down, try

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=471572

thanks

-ethan

I think you absolutely need the context, just maybe not all of what you have here. Without the other people it loses too much meaning. The guy on the far right is distracting, though.

How about this crop (attached)?