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Often times I can't decide which image is the best between two slightly different crops.  Perhaps it doesn't really matter, but i can end up spending an unnecessarily amount of time thinking about it.

So here are my two images

Image A

Image B

I feel the images basically show the same thing so I don't think it would be necessary to upload both of them.  On many sites it seems like photographers are rewarded for having a high downloads/image ratio so it is probably wise to upload as few images as possible while still covering as many ideas as possible.  Additionally on a site like dreamstime, images are rewarded for having lots of downloads (higher prices) so if there are two images for buyers to pick from they will pick the cheaper one all the time, spreading your sales out and making it longer to reach the next image level.

With image A you have copy space on the bottom but less room details.

With image B, you loose the copy space at the bottom of the image, but you have the interesting out of focus lab assistant at the top which creates a little more mood.

Or maybe I should just take both because they are different enough???

Which image would you pick?  Other critique is also welcome.

As cropped "B" no contest.

As for "A", I agree with the previous post.  Upload both but crop "A" down more. 

B as it is

+

square cropped A (centering on tools and removing the assistant altogether instead of just beheading her)

B.

B hands down - I'd get rid off the monitor in the upper right corner. Kind of distracting IMO.

I voted for B also. The face in the back makes for a more interesting picture. A to me looks chopped. The person in the background distracts from it because their head is missing.

I like "B" as well, but I would tone down the white that is to the left side of the nurse's face. It is way to bright for me and distracts my vision away from the main subject matter. Also is it possible to get some more detail and color into the hand below. It seems a bit hot to me. Please forgive me if these have not been edited for the final submission.

Dave

me too

Thanks for your thoughts everyone.  Surprising how one sided the voting is for B and cropping the A image would probably be worthwhile as has been mentioned too.

No the edits aren't necessarily final but they are close to final.  I just edited them quick in Photoshop before asking the question here.

@lagereek - I won't be reshooting any time soon but I do have a lot of other images from the shoot to pick from as well.  With this shot I wanted to have the instruments in focus with out of focus information in the background.  It would have been better to have a little more of the nurses head in shot B though.

To me, the assistant looks a bit shocked behind that mask. It's like she says "WHAT?!!"
That was my first impression, and I guess the blur effect added to it... Or it's just my weird imagination
Maybe you could do something to make her look a bit calmer by straightening the roundness on her upper eyelid by cloning out the blue color from it.