initial ideas for flyer/poster

my design will be based upon one picture layered on another. the image underneath will be of a landscape but with something distinctive in the background. the image on top will be a portrait photograph of someone looking as though they are in a band, although i am not too sure as of yet how i would like them to pose. on top of this will be text explaining the details of a gig e.g. place, date, time, price etc. the text will be in a simple font and probably either white or black, depending on which is more visible, as the background is quite busy. whilst out taking pictures, i captured an image of the memorial statue outside of burton college. whilst looking through the viewfinder, i zoomed in slightly, so as only to capture the top of the memorial and a tree in the background. i believe this photograph was a success and have decided to use this as my background image. i have yet to photograph the portrait image as i have not managed to get in the studio. this is the background image i have decided on:

after putting the image into photoshop and imagining it as part of a flyer or poster, i thought it may look better if i cropped the image, removing the very bottom of it as i find it distracts from the main parts of the photograph, the memorial and the tree. this is the image after i had cropped it:

i believe this to be a big improvement and am now happy to use this as one of my final images.