At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by dreamy:
Melethia, I didn't vote in this challenge. Just saw the picture now.

I like it verry much but it's defenitly not a DPC friendly.

The only suggestion I have is to remove the white triangle in the left bottom corner. It̢۪s the only still element in the picture and attracts the attention. Maybe a square crop?

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Colors vibrant. Very smooth motion and flow conveyed in the image.

Technicals:
Harder to evaluate with this image because of the large amount of motion. Sounds wierd to say but the motion smoothness looks very good technically. There is very little, though that is in focus so hard to evaluate that part.

The Challenge:
It is definitely spinning and certainly meets the challenge. However, images that have mostly blur in them without a central focal point that is in sharp focus typically do not do well at DPC. Lacking this probably hurt this image in voting more than anything else. In a motion image viewers often need something sharply focused to grab onto visually. Yours is more abstract than anything else. Also, the title suggests a mall but it is not apparent in the composition. DPCers might have felt your title was concocted strictly for voting.

Suggestions:
This image is probably about as good as it can be. There are a lot of nice things about it, including that it captures spinning very, very well. But next time take and select a spinning image that has a sharply focused central component to better command viewer attention.

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by levyj413:
Another very nice motion blur shot from you, Deb.

Pointy shoes
by Melethia

Comment by nixter:
I love the way he's mirrored the stance of the manequin! Great perspective! :)

Schloss Stolzenfels
by Melethia

Comment by meyers:
At first glance the edges of the castle are so sharp it almost looks like a cardboard model. Great shot, in great light. I like the skewed perspective of the wide angle lens also.

Schloss Stolzenfels friedhof
by Melethia

Comment by UNTITLED:
You probably already know this...Germans take great pride in the upkeep of plots of family members, and it can be quite disgraceful if they look poorly tended. Also of interest is the fact that most plots are short term leases, if your lease isn't renewed by family you're out of there.

The markers are quite different than the ones I've seen. Koblenz is not so far from the area I use to visit(I'm assuming this is the Koblenz kind of west of Frankfurt), you would think that they would be very similar.

I bet within a few feet a where you took this photo, there is a well or spicket and a rack full of watering cans. Keep those Germany pics coming I'm loving all those flashbacks and memories that you keep stirring up.

Message edited by author 2007-04-03 15:22:10.

Schloss Stolzenfels
by Melethia

Comment by mist:
I like this, you got a lovely rich blue in the sky.

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by sidpixel:
I like this for the abstract nature but I think for me, even less detail in the centre would have improved it - good luck

Vinyl is making a comeback
by Melethia

Comment by BeeCee:
I love the many small details in this. It seems every time I look I see something new that ties it all together, and into the challenge :)

Pointy shoes
by Melethia

Comment by sevilduvarci:
yes, pointy is definitely in this year :)
nice capture, i like the POV.