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The chaos here is reminiscent of the work of Harry Gruyaert (also Belgian). However, unlike his painstaking compositions, this doesn't have a central action and although the colour, reflections and framing are really interesting, they lack a glue that pulls them together. A good deal of this is identifying a situation and taking time to work it. If you can see images like this then patience is key. A good effort nevertheless.

This is potentially a cracker but I think you've been a little unlucky with the way that the reflections have caught you. I really like the composition that uses the street art and the green and red combination as frames within frames but the internal exposure isn't quite there and a spot metering might have solved that. Good effort though.

I really do like the way that this frame is composed by using the right hand window and its reflections as a guide 'into' the main image. The issue of course is the tricky exposure and the loss of highlights which is distracting and where our attention goes first. It's clearly a very bright day but there's no better way than making the most accurate exposure you can and balancing the shadows with the brightness. Keep going because this is nearly there and exposure technique is easily improvable.

Photography is the art of stilling time and making that stillness aesthetically 'readable'. Here, anticipation and timing are slightly out of synch with the dog and the man overlapping. It's rather bad luck and additionally, the figure in the doorway is slightly distracting. That said, it's almost there and practice makes perfect (and a bit of luck). Keep pushing.

Photography has the unique ability both to record memory and to evoke a complicated emotional response from it. Here the past is recorded in a graphic, rather stylised way with the choice of monochrome and tonal range clearly signalling to melancholy. The lines - and their breaking - are rather hypnotic and this is both well seen, executed and exposed. The frame almost smells of pastness, damp and neglect. Nicely done.