Photo Analysis: A Foggy Night

What works well:

The S-shaped leading line is, in my opinion, the star of the composition. It is one of those rare cases where the environment naturally carves out a perfect visual path for us photographers to use.
There are actually two main leading lines, the row of concrete bollards and the faint reflective lines in the ground beside them (the fact that it rained before really plays into the cards of the photographer here because the shimmer exaggerates the lines beautifully).
Together, these lines guide your eye smoothly toward the relatively small silhouette (more on that below) in the fog, creating a strong sense of depth, 3D effect and because of that S shape a really nice flow.

What could be better:

As always with leading lines, a slightly lower shooting angle could have exaggerated the S-curve even more and made the leading lines even stronger (of course there is a limit to how low you want to get depending on several factors, for example you don’t want to get so low that it would hurt the sense of depth).
The person is quite small and not very distinguishable, especially the person’s light pants which blend a little too much with the fog behind them. The jacket, though, separates fairly well from the background, but the overall silhouette doesn’t anchor the frame as strongly as it could.
The bright blue sign on the first left building in the foreground is a bit distracting, it pulls the eye away from the flow of the composition and could have been avoided simply by a slight shift in framing (or you could edit it out of course (controversial option, I know).

What works well:

The atmosphere is pretty great, we have that thick, milky fog softening everything in the background and giving the scene this dreamy, cinematic look.
The streetlights glowing through the haze create beautiful halos and make the whole upper part of the image feel pretty surreal and ghostly (in a good way).
As mentioned before, the faint shimmer on the wet ground nicely reflects the streetlights, and the glow is part of what strengthens the leading lines.

What could be better:

The first lamp on the left emits a strong blue light that feels a little inconsistent with the otherwise muted palette + it also pulls a bit too much attention (the ‘‘problem’’ is mostly that it’s only one blue light really and that it is COMPARATIVELY bright).
A few of the highlights blow out in the upper fog area, causing detail to disappear. Slight highlight recovery could help.
Some shadows are slightly crushed which removes potential texture that could have enriched the scene.

What works well:

The lone person walking through the fog immediately communicates solitude, introspection, and a sense of quiet nighttime stillness.
The soft glow of the streetlights reinforce a mood that feels both eerie and peaceful at the same time.
All things combined, so the fog, empty street, and long distance between viewer and subject all evoke a very late-night atmosphere (so the atmosphere itself helps immensely with storytelling here).

What could be better:

The person is simply a little too far away to read any real detail or gesture, we can’t see whether they are on the phone, holding something, dressed formally or casually, etc.
Without readable details, storytelling becomes pretty limited. The only clue is the maybe the jacket and posture, which implies cold weather.