The timing on this shot is spot on and the image as a whole work really well. You can see you are standing in the right spot and I like how empty the rest of the promenade is, so it shows you had to wait for the shot to be right. One thing I would keep an eye on though is the Chromatic aberration, as you can see some slight pings of purple near the top left of the frame on the green arch. Nothing a quick tweak in post could not sort out.
This image stood out straight away for me, having shot events photography for many years, it is refreshing to see something a bit different and you have achieved that so well with this image. You feel the speed of the runner and also the hustle-bustle while you are running and fighting for a position, something that can be hard to communicate through imagery.
What is not to like about the amazing shot, bit of street, bit of architecture and the runner in a position making the final element of what would have possibly been empty space feel like it is filled perfectly. The sense of depth in the image from the reflection is not too overpowering and everything is perfectly in focus, a really amazing image, very well captured and also edited.
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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 1 and 250 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** In the beginning, anthropologists tell us, we ran to chase animals for food. Running until our prey became too exhausted to continue. Nowadays, whilst many of us forget how to run once we’ve left the playground behind, for those known simply as ‘runners’, the practise is very much alive and well. They run around cities, up mountains, across deserts, enjoying the Runner’s High, and doing what our bodies were built to do.
