Frank,
In case you didn't see the other thread, here's the uncropped version:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3127790&size=lg
which I now like a great deal more. I think showing more door, although it puts the subjects even more to the right of the frame, opens up the shot, and balances them a bit better on the right.
I agree, this is it. The moral from this is: never crop your pictures! ;-)
Bedo.