I'm not seeing any problems with that setup; the angle is generally better and nothing feels out of place.
And oh! Just had an idea for what to do with Fluttershy - have her tending to/protecting Twilight somehow. Right now she kind of derps the entire picture with her passivity.
Urgh, I know, right?Also, I tried doing a new drawing yesterday, but managed to make it worse than the drawings I did a year ago, so I scrapped it. For some unfathomable reason, experience gained drawing ponies doesn't fully translate to drawing humanoids. Who woulda thunk it?
Translates curiously well to drawing Powerpuff girls though.