Dave, I think street photography can be great with or without people. Many of us get hung up (and sometimes put off) about the apparent 'requirement' to shoot strangers - but there are plenty of opportunities to create good material without people in the frame.
It can be a good ploy, as you say, to eye up a shot with potential, then wait for the write person - or thing - to come into the frame to make the shot 'complete. Have a look at this short film - you might find it interesting
A beggar in London
I think a crop off the bottom as well as it looks like she is floating in mid air
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If it wasn't for the halo, MIKE,
this would give you the top mark!
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Thanks. But what it the usual trap?•
Very good DR and rendition…
you did not fall in the usual trap!