Good for you...a much tighter and more focused scene now with no distractions...good job on the editing...a delightful garden and charming and inviting staircase...a very pretty picture.:Pat.
Lovely. I'm sorry that I can't see the other to realize the extra work you put in but this has wonderful color and charm. A tribute as so many hopes are for that charm to return to New Orleans once again. ^^vote now added...computer crash...sorry.
Wonderful capture of the sweeping staircase in all its glory. And by including bits of color to either side at the bottom, it really completes the picture.
Something about Disneyland takes away; too contrived...but it is your eye that saw this composition and it's a good shot the other one is better, through the arch. I have to give you credit. You do have a good eye. Love to see what you'd come up with in Italy or France.