Shopper's Paradise

The "Toon" was bustling with festive shoppers on Wednesday, but everyone was still in a very chilled mood and seemed to enjoy the festive decorations and fairy lights everywhere. Had fun playing around with this for the breaking-the-rules challenge.

Eldon Square shopping centre, Newcastle

[Jane Hyde]

great photo - perfect for the challenge

[Phil]

I thought that uppermost chap was riding on the handrail!!!!!

[paula goff]

this is great for the out of focus challenge!

[bmnorthernlight]

@paulaag @mortisa Thank you both! I loved this so much more then having them in focus - the details were far too distracting and I just loved the shapes and the light and colours

[bmnorthernlight]

@filsie65 Lol, no he was quite well behaved if very relaxed!

[Birgit]

Love this. Interesting effect of lines and light pattern in the corner.

[Paula]

Love it, so festive and just the right amount of out-of-focus. Think I'm going to upload one for the challenge tomorrow:)

[bmnorthernlight]

@bb I wasn't too sure in the end if the fairy lights in the left top corner wouldn't be too random, but couldn't really crop it any further without losing the lines. Glad you like it

[bmnorthernlight]

@pwallis Thank you :-) Had fun playing around with the out-of-focus. Loving your out-of-focus dinner party!