Forgive me for altering you work but I love your image and this crop was shouting out to me.
Nothing to forgive, Peter. That's one of the wonderful things about User Critiques. Nobody complains about mods that demonstrate a suggestion. I've learned things from some of the mods people have made to my postings, though I disagree as often as I agree.
In this case I disagree. One thing that enhances street photography is ambiguity, and I can see from Walter's response that I succeeded in introducing ambiguity. The unexplained enclosure, and what looks like a fence behind the enclosure are part of the ambiguity. Once those elements are gone things become much simpler and less ambiguous. We're still faced with the questions: (1) why is the guy inside this fence and why is he beating on some bongo drums? and (2) who is the kid? Is he with the drummer or just a spectator. But the further question about the bordered enclosure and the fence disappear.
I don't want to beat the thing to death. I was doing some web revisions today and I ran across this one from 2005. It struck me that it's the kind of street photography I most enjoy.
Somebody's going to suggest converting to B&W. I tried that and the wood chips on the ground of the enclosure instantly look way over-sharpened.
