Crop question

[FallinWoman]

I am trying to show the color of my son's eyes. What do you think of this crop? Original composition is in the flickr set. Feel free to let me know if you think this doesn't work at all. Should I try again and get BOTH eyes in focus? Any thoughts, good, bad, or ugly, are welcome. Thank you for taking the time to respond!
D90, 50 mm lens
f/1.4
1/640
ISO 200
no flash


flickr set

[AmberTillman]

I like the original shot better. Probably because of the rule of 3rds. In the original shot, his eye falls right at the perfect spot. I am drawn to them. In this one, I am kind of searching for something to look for. SUrprisingly enough, even with those beautiful eyes, I found his collar and said to myself, what is that by his chin. lol. i didn't do that in the other one.
Very cute kid!!!

[FallinWoman]

Oh...you are totally right about that random piece of his jacket in the cropped version. Thanks for the input!

[Boyan]

The original crop is better, I like the facial expression a lot, it would have been nice to have the DOF wide enough to include the other eye (probably f/4 would have done the trick), although this works too.

Very nice!

[daddyoproductions]

I agree it's generally more pleasing to have both eyes in focus. Also like the original framing; you did a good job on it.
~C

[Kate1]

I think the original framing works better too. And would have been nice to have both beautiful blue eyes in fcus, but as alrady said, the way you've done it works too. Lovely boy!