This is a nice blurred motion capture. The crop however does not do the subject justice. In a vertical crop (removing most of the dark wall on his right - left side of pic), the subject would be emphasized and much of the shadowy nature of the surroundings would be lessened. The alley in the background does not seem to be distracting to me and the face seems perfectly exposed. Bumping from 4 holder to 5.
When I first saw this I thought his shoulder was on fire! Nice capture. I recommend cropping the far left and far right sides of this photo. It would be more dramatic is he were standing in front of the dark alleyway without anything lit up right next to him. Good job
Ok, so I am a sucker for juggling photos. I think you did a very good job catching the look on his face, and the eyes tracking the torch coming down. I give it an 8