All of my images are post processed - which obviously includes curves and any number of the other tools I have available to me. All 3 images are taken in different parts of the city as I am walking home - so lighting direction and quality is going to be different in each.
Robert, I really like this update!
Ranking of elements in photographs is important in my view. Michael A. Smith, a recognized opinion on the successful photograph, insists that he
never does any changes once the film is processed. It is what it is! I demur, finding that many photographs, (especially with subject matter requiring attachment of human sentiments or thoughts of intention or volition), do indeed benefit from adding or subtracting importance. The first image, with the woman on the tricycle cart so clearly top of the pack, you have done well too!
Asher