This was my original crop for this shot, hoping to concentrate the image. It may be asking too much of a 35mm negative to get in this close. The other crop eases it a bit and also uses the other people to direct the eye to the center.
Thomas - that was intentional to reinforce the importance of the participants and bring anonymity to the onlookers. I remain doubtful of the wisdom of doing so, as it feels pretty heavy handed.