What a great shot! The crop is awesome and it just brings you into the shot. Even though there is a lot of grey here, it doesn't look too flat. There are a few shadows that help the statues to stand out from the background. On the down side, the image looks some what noisy and a little bit out of focus. It could be because of using digital zoom to get the picture cropped and not using a zoom lens... but I am not sure.
Out of focus decreases what otherwise could have been a much better photo. Also the mergers with the arms of the two people on the side look unintentional.