Water-skier in the slalom course at very short rope length (38ft off the 75 foot rope).

Hey Roger, I hope you don't mind, but with the large image size that this image displays in even on my 1280x1024 monitor, I noticed that my monitor "naturally cropped" this image in a sense. :) And I liked what it did. What do you think?

If you really want to know, I think your crop, which cuts out the turn ball, removes the immediacy of the moment. I didn't have to crop the image, because I framed it the way I wanted before pressing the shutter release.

However, if your crop looks better to you, then it IS better for you.