Bonsai Master

[dante]

This one made me smile Nice one
I like the cropped version better, it's only the master and nature then, as opposed to the pink structure (I didn't see it as a pagoda before reading the comments).

[Bambi]

I like both but lean towards the first one with the wider crop. As Iggy says it's opinion. I do like the highlights.

[Richard]

I favour the cropped one. I would have ago at cloning out the building to see if that helps keep the shot balanced?

[Marko]

This was more of a play photo than a keeper, but feel free to have that go if you're feeling ambitious.

thx!
Marko

[Mad Aussie]

Richards thought is along the same lines as as mine when I saw your crop. Immediately better to me eyes without the distraction but I seemed to yearn for the usual 3:2 aspect ratio. I said nothing about that because I figure I'm just biased to seeing it all the time.

[QuietOne]

The crop definitely brought the figurine into focus but I found it a little cramped. Your title makes me long for an in-focus branch just over his head, so he's sitting under the bonsai he's master of. But maybe that wasn't practical or part of your idea.

Since it was a play around photo, hope it was a good time.

[Richard]

This is a little rough around the edges, but is sort of what I was thinking, at first I went with replacing the building with sky, but it looked a little empty, hence coming in the foliage.