At the end of the day
by Melethia

Comment by Jutilda:
Wonderful. I like the minimalism. Great shadow.

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by quiet_observation:
This could have been in the fitness challenge-new sport of mall spinning. I feel a photo series in the making-god only knows how many malls there are in PA and NJ.

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by sevilduvarci:

Originally posted by yanko: How does this get that many 1s, 2s and 3s? Spinning too much?

i agree with yanko, way underrated. i personally loved this chaotic look, such a cool capture.

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by yanko:
How does this get that many 1s, 2s and 3s? Spinning too much?

At the mall
by Melethia

Comment by silverscreen:
For what it's worth Melethia:
I still believe this was the best picture in the challenge and I'll never understand how it didn't at least make top-10.

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. It’s 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.