Thanks for the comments, guys!
Pertinent to Armand's and Slobodan's and Brandt's comments and questions, I was shooting from the Sheraton Grand across the Chicago River and what caught my eye was the fantastic light and reflections through a gap in the gauzy room curtains, hence the sinusoidal pattern and also some constraints on how much and where to crop, especially with the 2.7x
cropped sensor
. While I originally "saw" the square crop, I think others are certainly possible. I think I will stick with the square version, if I can figure out a reasonable way to tone down that upper left cloud reflection; simply adding a vignette seemed to be too much, but I will give it a go.
Russ and Rob, glad you liked the image and appreciate your other comments. I guess I meant emulate more in reference to shot and subject selection; I don't do a lot of cityscapes and have admired so many of Slobodan's that I thought I'd give it a try. By the way, Slobodan, this was when we got together in Chicago! I take your point, Russ and Rob, about not trying to copy. Inspire is a great word. In a sense, studying and trying to figure out why a shot from "the great ones" works and getting inspired, is better than copying perhaps because that analysis can become incorporated into your own vision. Even with painting, as I think you pointed out elsewhere, Russ. Sorry if I seemed to be putting words in your mouths, but then I did get a rise out of you!
Appreciate ALL of the discussion.