Its a pretty neat shot! Id crop out the plant in the lower RH corner though, its looks fake with the outline around it. Other than that, the mono is really cool, looks nice!
Yeah, the plant looks problematic, but I don't know what to do about it. Do you prefer it's in a dark color instead? I think I'll give it a different treatment later.
Wow that shot is awesome. I agree with the plant tho... for me the darker version doesn't work at all tho. It changes the focal point from the guy walking to the plant.
the less attantion it takes the better... maybe you can just try and get rid of the border in the 1st one better.