Photo Analysis: Amongst the Busses

What works well:

Our subject is nicely centred and framed by all the buses, they all form a natural tunnel that squeezes your eye right to the silhouette.
The glowing light path on the wet ground acts like a visual funnel, guiding your eye straight into the centre of the image where the subject is standing/walking.
The layering is great as well, foreground bus, mid-ground bus, deeper bus, then the person. That stacked structure gives it depth and a the 3D look.
The iconic red London buses also instantly communicate place, you basically don’t even need to see anything else to know where this is.

What could be better:

The left side is a little heavy, the one giant bus is visually massive and takes up a lot of space, making the frame feel slightly lopsided. A tiny step to the right would have balanced the it better while still keeping the silhouette perfectly framed/if not even framing it better.
Some small objects in the lower-left foreground (like that box/bin thing) or maybe the couple signs on the right feel a bit distracting and don’t add much, but there is not a lot you can do about that.
The ceiling is interesting structurally but so dark that it becomes almost dead space instead of usable compositional weight.

What works well:

The light peaking through is probably one of the biggest reasons that make this photo work. It instantly adds mood and pulls your eye straight toward the silhouette.
As touched on before, the wet pavement is perfect as well, it reflects the sunlight in a very golden and shimmery way that softens all the hard edges of the scene and it also brings out a lot of texture which is always a plus.
The overall vibe is pretty cinematic. Dark, urban and gritty shadows mixed with the warm, glowing highlights gives it this film-like, timeless quality. Very atmospheric overall.

What could be better:

The shadows are very heavy in some areas, especially up top around the ceiling and the edges, so some nice detail just disappears completely. Lifting them slightly wouldn’t ruin the mood.
The sun flare is nice, don’t get me wrong, but slightly borders on “too much,” like it is about to blow out the whole centre. A slightly softer flare might have looked even cleaner.
Some of the buses fall into darkness very quickly, losing readability. A little mid-tone lift could have helped.

What works well:

The small silhouette against all the big buses creates a classic ‘small human vs. big city’ moment.
The warm sunlight behind gives the moment this hopeful or transitional feeling, maybe the person is a bus driver starting their shift or judging by the light, finishing it.

What could be better:

Since we only get a silhouette, we can’t read anything about who the person really is, no clothing details, no gesture clarity, nothing to really tell us more, we don’t know are they really a bus driver, or just a person that is walking through here etc. (obviously given the setting it is most likely a bus driver but we cant know for sure).