Fifth photoshoot: What made the new site less successful?

With these photos I used the same techniques of formal portrait photography, I also avoided any open sky but as I said in the previous post they were less successful. I think the primary reasons are that the stairs themselves has a lot of debris, such as leaves and rubbish, sitting on them. It was also the size on the stairs, which made the angles limited in order to maintain the illusion. It was also the materiality of the stairs. It is un common to have brick as a flooring material as seen in the top three photos. The floor also contains graffiti which is also an uncommon feature. Overall these photos are created using the same technique that the others are but small features to the site itself disrupt the illusion. I decided to therefore return to the war memorial to see what else I could do there.