Not bad, I am a stickler for keeping original ratios when cropping, that why i didn't go in the same direction.
Just curious - how do you handle printing? Do you custom frame/mat everything to the original ratio? I went 8x10 just to keep some height on the trees, but it could still be cropped horizontally maintaining the original ratio. Ratio aside, it's more of an issue of orientation for me. I think the landscape orientation frames what I perceived to be the subject(s) better.