I would have cropped this so there's no one in the frame except that hand. Looks really cool that way. the other subjects in the frame simply distract from the simple but powerful hand. just my opinion of course.
Good leading lines and the hands showing out go well with the title. Garbage cans normally don't do well at DPC. Particularly here, they are distractions along with the people in the bg. Tighting the crop (by eliminating the post and those folks could help...)
avg vote, lighting and angle on wall is ok. not sure why the hand is sticking out of fence or what the woman is doing. No main focus and seems a little point and shoot random shot.
Sorry, the composition just doesn't do anything for me. If you wanted to celebrate the "handrail" why not crop somewhat tighter to focus on the subject and remove the other distractions. This could have just as easily been called "girl in a green shirt makes a trash run" or "people standing in line at the back of a photo"