It is nicely done and well exposed. I'm curious about your comments re having to crop to get the correct size. You can certainly crop the picture to what you reall want to show, and then resize that in any picture editor.
There is a simpler solution for basic resizing, and only requires a Right click on the picture, to get a variety of predetermined sizing options, as well as any Advanced Custom size. And it's FREE.
Here's the link.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
I think the picture is very interesting...altho I think if you would have placed it a little right of center that might have given it more of a pop! :) Nice work tho!
Jacky