Semi-Straightened Version as per @Larry_Greenbaum’s suggestion. Thanks, Larry!
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Self Critique
I like the overall message which is what goes on and what things look like behind the scenes in a typical Nordic City.
I like the evening ambient light (evening because this is facing west), I like the angle of the street and trolley tracks.
And I like the sun at the top of the backside of the façade showing it’s last light for the day on the city streets.
I wonder if I should clone out the light colored vertical window mullion near the front of the bike riders?
Creative direction
My vision for this was to show something that would stand out in the scene, something that is dynamic in an otherwise static environment.
Specific Feedback
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Technical Details
Sony a6000, 18-105 PZ f4 lens at 18mm, 1/100s, f4, ISO 160, shutter priority, processed in Ps and ACR
Description
I was motivated to process and post this image by a comment left on my latest image, an image of an empty street in Stockholm, Sweden.
The much appreciated comment was posted by @Kerry_Gordon, his suggestion was that I should have “Waited for something to happen”, I should have waited for something to enter the scene, and he was kind enough to provide a video link to Sam Abell’s talk on “The Life of a Photograph” , thanks again for that video link, Kerry!
In this image, I saw the scene as I was walking along and it immediately sparked an emotion so I composed it, but, everything seemed kind of static because everyone was waiting for a scheduled tram to come by and take them to their next destination, most people were busy with their cellphones or just standing there. I wanted something more but I didn’t know what exactly. All I knew for sure was that I wanted “It” to happen before the next tram arrived (which was about 10 minutes out as I recall).
Then I saw two people riding their rented bicycles down the sidewalk (Actually it’s a dedicated bicycle lane and lane for emergency vehicles), I decided that this was my chance but I wanted to show a bit of motion blur so I quickly reduced my shutter speed to 1/100s in hopes that it wasn’t too slow. the next thing was to wait and hope that I press the shutter button at the exact right time.
I wanted the riders to be framed between the two gray poles as shown and I hoped that the people to the left and right of those poles wouldn’t cut-off the bicycles too much with their legs, luck was really on my side with the timing and with the framing of the bicycles.
It’s ironic to me that Sam Abell talks about using a frame within a frame in his video as well as composing and waiting for “Something to Happen” because this approach is something I’ve been doing for many years. I don’t use this approach as exclusively as Sam Abell does, many of my images are subject specific which requires moving around and even chasing the subject in some cases.
Oh, BTW, the “Behind the Scenes” title is referring to this scene as actually being behind the scenes, the façade on top of the building is showing the backside, it is hiding the air handlers on top of the building from tourists.
Many Nordic cities go to great lengths to hide what they don’t want tourists to see. This area is typically used by residents only.
There are other buses and trams located on the front side for tourist use.
I wanted to see the other side, the behind the scenes side. 
As a side note: I have to imagine that bird and some wildlife photographers use the method of compose and wait quite often, they are waiting for that special moment as well.
Still, some birds and animals have to be chased 
This image may not be appealing to most folks here, it’s not a nature shot by any stretch but it does demonstrate the technique and benefit of “Compose and Wait”. Wait for what? Well…You’ll know it when you see it.
Sorry for the length of the write-up.
) and really liked how that looked as well.
