Street Puppets (C&C Welcome)

[rlemert]

The grand opening of a new wing at the local science museum a couple of weeks ago was accompanied by a bit of a street festival. At one point these puppets were getting ready for a parade (which we didn't see).

This first one, I know the lion's forehead is over-exposed, and people are going to complain about the back of the guy's head on the far left. Would it have been better if I'd cropped out the giant hand completely (getting rid of "ol' baldy")?

This one, the butterfly almost looks to me like an HDR image, but except for cropping this is pretty much SOOC. I could have been a step or two to my left and maybe have avoided most of the people on the right, but this was the only clear shot I had.