Hi fsendel - thx for the comments!

I would agree with the above critiques.

I'd also like to add that overall these shots are not that 'exciting' to me.

The excitement does not need to come from 'action', it could come from mood, tonality, angularity, dramatic light, contrast, perspective, selective focus, a story etc.

shot 1 is the strongest here for me as I like the repeating elements and lines. To improve it, imo, more has to be going on for this particular view. We see the backside of a man and a dog in the distance, but everything is too far from the viewer. The closest thing to us are the window grates on the left side and for me, they lack interest shot at this angle.

Hope that helped somewhat,

Thx - Marko