#1 is gold. Its another one that without the people would make it a lot less.
The juxtaposition of the sign and the woman adds to it. What is the woman doing? Photographing the window?
The cyclist just adds more
I like the first one more, too. The lady leaning backwards from the forwards leaning building, some strange wheel standing where parking is forbidden, these are two cents to add to tims observations.
The second photo is quite strong also though the story is simple and easy comparing the #1.
Thanks friends, well I do live in mid-winter blues country where everybody is so happy that few know what happiness is. It`s bloody global warming too, that robbed Denmark of those long bygone snow-white winters and you know winters in north without "snow light" can be dreary. Fortunately spring is edging slowly in here and everything will be much better. Yes, colour definitely would help. I`ll give it a go. By the way, I came to think, that my preferred photo style, a kind of "black smile fluxus" ,carries an occupational hazard, which hits me back now and then. I might define it as a kind of stray dog street shooting for an answer not knowing the question or for a question not knowing the answer. Servus Stanislaw