[matthew]

Dennis, thanks. It's amazing now looking back at the one that I thought was good, but having had some time to rethink it, this new version is far better. (I'm prejudiced too, as it's my photo. )

... they seem to loose the warmth, emotivenes and immediacy that matter to me in photos. There I said it. Even to me this sounds pretty stupid, but that is how it feels to me. Pavel

Not stupid at all, it's a good insight and a valid point. And you're not alone in that, either: one of my photography instructors repeatedly called me "clinical," which wasn't really meant as a compliment. (Although I did get a good mark.) I don't really photograph from a point of emotional involvement, but rather from a desire to reduce things to component parts. It's an intellectual response, not an emotional one for me.