Parkour Shot

Mohamed.Ghuloom · May 17, 2010

Hello Dears,

I recently shot this for a parkour organization in Bahrain intended for a magazine cover.
Could you please tell me your feedback about the photo? I would really appreciate it.

Erbeman · May 17, 2010

I like it. The only thing I would do to it is use the dodge tool to lighten up his complexion a bit and crop out or clone out that fragment of building poking into view on the upper right side of the picture.

Mohamed.Ghuloom · June 4, 2010

Thank you Erbeman, I really appreciate your feedback. Believe it or not, I intended that small fragment of the building to show, kind of had in my to keep it realistic. Thank you very much.

Jacobovs · June 5, 2010

Love this shot too. I agree with Erbeman. Also I would clone out the bit right below that too. There is a small chunk of the building next to it right at the base. Otherwise this is a great shot. One question, is there tnough space between his fingers and the edge of the shot on the left.

Mohamed.Ghuloom · June 5, 2010

@Jacobovs
I think you're right about the space between the edge and his fingers but this is the shot we could get at that time. By the way if you wanna see the behind the scenes, here you go:
http://www.lens-bh.com/Artworks/Behind-the-Scenes/12156616_dgSeA#865937182_GX7Zp-A-LB

firewire · June 5, 2010

Great shot! The Red has a nice pop to it.

Mohamed.Ghuloom · July 10, 2010

Thanks firewire, I really appreciate it.

ian408 · July 13, 2010

I like it. The athlete and building have nice complimentary shapes. Like Russ suggests, I'd lighten the athletes face a bit.

Nice work!

Mohamed.Ghuloom · July 14, 2010

Thank you dear for your feedback, I think I'm gonna fix that. You guys are very helpful.

Foques · July 14, 2010

i'd be very curious to see exif of this image.
I love it.

SimpsonBrothers · July 14, 2010

Awesome! Only thing I would do is ditch the 2 pieces of building on the right, and darken the sky a bit more.

Mohamed.Ghuloom · July 14, 2010

@Foques
You can find it here
Click on Show Details > Info

@SimpsonBrothers
I liked it, and you know what, since many of you got bothered by it, I will remove them now.

Wait for the updated photo.

SimpsonBrothers · July 14, 2010

Much better!

Foques · July 14, 2010

thank you! i keep returning to this shot. I like it. a whole lot!

nikmolson · July 15, 2010

the revised shot is great i love it! its perfect how his body bends following the lines of the building, great shot

Zerodog · July 15, 2010

I like the bend of the body with the bend of the building.

Tricepilot · July 15, 2010

Nice shot. I showed it to my UT Austin sophomore son who is big into Parkour - he loved it.

As a rookie, please post up the camera setting details and any comments on how you post-processed that photo.

Curve of the body/Curve of the building pops on that shot

Mohamed.Ghuloom · September 3, 2011

Hey, thanks for your comments, I may try to make a how-to for that shot.. For now get hold on the Behind the Scenes of it http://goo.gl/R2xOH

Matt Richey · September 4, 2011

Really Nice Shot. Love the Image.

Mohamed.Ghuloom · September 16, 2011

Would appreciate it if you take a look at it here, and if you like it then you know what to do :P

http://perfectpairsphotocontest.smugmug.com/Competitions/Perfect-Pairs/18457550_nJKbLV#1466388558_smBpF9x

TXSweet · September 20, 2011

Great shot!! My 17 yr old is into Parkour, so I know how difficult it is to capture a shot like this!! Those guys are AMAZING...as is your photo!!

Quincy T · September 21, 2011

Was this taken in Abu Dhabi, Mohamed? I recognize a building just like this from taxiing out to the airport runway many times!

Mohamed.Ghuloom · November 11, 2012

Hey Dear, no it was taken in Bahrain..

JSPhotography · November 12, 2012

Hey, he did get back to you!

Mohamed.Ghuloom · November 13, 2012

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