Reply #1: The rooster sizzles, and the flowers are so soothing and tranquil they are better than

[Mira]

meditation.
In the train station the first one seems like the better photo to me, with the beautiful one standing there and the shadow person just inhabiting the front.

But when it comes to telling a story, and now the beautiful one is in profile and there is involvement of the other people, then the second one is the sort of thing I expect to see in an expensive photo book chronicling humanity.
I think what I'm missing on the second one is a little more physical substance in the photo on the bottom edge, which the first one has.

Of course, I'm glad you threw in the self portrait ( it is, isn't it?).