I'm quite honored that some thought this was mine - I'd be most pleased to have taken it! It was indeed one of my favorites during voting. Wonderfully seen and presented.
My guess is this will not fair so well here at DPC which is a shame since this is such a lovely shot. Capturing a little girl at heart, what can be better than that! The motion blur and the b&w just brings this scene together so nicely, one of my fav of the challenge! FWIW, if I had to guess who took this is would be Pawdrix or Melethia.
Wonderful movement and elan. Also quite perfect ordering of the tones to create an open-closed world for your leading lady. It's a lovely, intuitive real-life photograph, and a blessed relief among all these ponderous blunt instruments.
A good solid image that is properly framed and composed. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal. A little more tracking would have increased it's interest factor in particular if the author could have pulled off a properly focused subject with motion in the foreground and background.
I really love this - it has great movement and interest, and B&W was the perfect choice. Teh only minor thing I would prefer wasn't there is the dark shadow at the top left, it distracts the eye from the little girl.
On my screen there appears to be a bit too much black on the right of the picture which I would have been tempted to crop back to the bin. and go for a more square format.
That siad a nice balance between the shrp cardigan and the blur of the legs and B&W is a great choice for this.