The Contemplative Chess Player

Used PS for contrast, brightness, conversion to sepia. Part of my Ireland Folder. This was taken in Galway at Salthill. My friend BW and I were walking along the coast "discovering" the city when we came upon this chess board along the coast. He's not playing chess so much as contemplating how long I would take to shoot the bloody photo so that he could get back to the most important task of the day: Finding the fastest route to a pub so that he could download a pint of Guinness. As to the image, this is a higher res scan from a previous one that I uploaded. Also I wanted to ask for any comments and suggestions, particularly as to cropping. I thought of making this a panoramic shot. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for any ratings or suggestions.