This image captures the movement of the subject, catching him mid-stride. In this way it could be considered a decisive moment. The angle of his legs adds interest to the composition. Both the leading lines and the movement help to draw the viewer's eyes from right to left / left to right. There is also deep contrast between the shadows and the highlights. It has a very stiff mood given by the professionalism of the subject and the stiffness in his stride.
I think that this image is the most successful mainly because of the interesting composition and contrast. The interest is created by both the shape and lines of the sculpture and the pose of the man standing in the opening. There is also deep contrast both between the bright and dull colors and the highlights and shadows. This shows the decisive moment in the positioning of the subject relative to the sculpture and the subject's positioning.
This is probably my second favorite photograph because the decisive moment is clearly there, at least to me. The way the subject is laying against the pillar adds interest to an otherwise simple photograph. There is also contrast between the vivid colors of the subject and the dull colors of the background. There is also an interesting composition with the pillars both adding balance and acting as leading lines, and I think that the tree branches offset this and adds texture to the top, balancing out the texture in the bottom.
This is probably the least successful photograph just because there isn't a decisive moment. I do like this photograph, however, because there are many of those artistic elements. There is texture in the brick wall and the gravel, repetition and leading lines in the bike racks and the sidewalk, and contrast between the darks and the lights and between the vivid colors in the paintings and the dull colors in the rest. There is also contrast in the mood of the photograph itself. The paintings on the wall are bright and contain positive messages, giving a positive feeling, yet this is contrasted by the barren, dull area around the paintings, which gives it a hopeless, somber feeling.
I am not as happy with this photograph because of the quality and how it is unbalanced. However, I chose it because I do find it interesting, and it has somewhat of that decisive moment. The body positioning of the subject is interesting and how he is aligned with the tower on the building adds the interest of the composition. I also like how the street lights interact with the building's tower, paralleling each other. The sky was originally empty so in an attempt to balance out the bottom, I darkened the sky and created clouds using a textured paint brush, and I am proud of how that turned out.