Ladies in feathers

The sunny weather has inspired me to dig through the pictures of the West Indian Day parade that I had skipped over earlier. I have a hard time evaluating them because everything about that parade is such a spectacle. The full set is here if you'd like to see everything.

The one below has the smile and fills in that space on the right with a nice hoop earring circle but I like the attitude in the above version better. Plus I like the echo of her ice in how the guy's holding his phone. I decided/rationalized the scribbles on the truck was enough to hold up that side of the photo.

This last one is just fun to scroll past with that huge head piece she has. :)
Two that I cut at the last minute are this and this. Something about maybe the way the eyes are covered really keep my eyes engaged but I can't tell if that's a good thing or if they're lacking enough compositional flow to help my eye so I'm just getting lost. I welcome your input on this.