Excellent. I saw the original on your yahoo group, and I like how you manipulated the color -- gives paradise a slight end-of-the-world feel. Centering seems fine to me, I wouldn't reduce the range of distances from close foreground water to infinately-distant sky. Also, I like those cannon-ball deltoids.
love that quote. hah, fits.
i immediately thought if that line when i saw this.
i had to put it.
I like the shot...
you seem pensive