Without the figure it would have been a bit understated. Put in the figure and it almost goes completely over the top, such is the suggestion of sheer scale that now confronts the viewer. It is certainly a stunning scene.

Colour one is far better IMHO. This lacks the drama.

Funny you said that - I immediately said "Spad" to myself too! ........ Apologies to you both.

Great visual directives in there: road swings left, sign bangs you sharply right, up the slope to the building from where you fall down to the series of fences and back across the frame to the road again.

A lot of my writing is so noir that it is never seen again - fun innit?

Very well seen.

It's very hard to get the most effective point of view and/or depth of field/ focal center of this sort of macro - there is just so much to choose from and be distracted by. You have succeeded in nailing all of that in a single image.

Dunno about the 'pointless' bit. You are clearly 'angling' so I will bite just to enter the spirit of the thing. It's either first thing in the morning or early evening. There is a load of gear propped up on the right and someone is using crutches. The radiator is 1960 - 70 and we seem to be looking at the entrance (exit) to a post war housing boom apartment. So I am presuming that the point ...

Very very good! You got it in one!

I think the overall idea is to save the items from the scrapheap but, as usual, it costs a lot and so they simply stagnate. That aside, it's a super B&W that more or less encapsulates what I just said!