I tend not to crop my images very often as I prefer to compose the scene as best I can in camera.  This image is an exception and I felt that cropping brought the focus to what I really liked about the scene –  the flower pots on the brick steps.  What I cropped out of the top of the image is the rest of the door.  The door had a wreath hanging on it that caused me to struggle to determine the focus … was it the wreath or the flower pots?   Once I cropped away the distraction, I was much happier with the shot.  I processed this one with a little Topaz Simplify.