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Jump by Girish J. Kingar

Jump by Girish J. Kingar

Friday, 25th April 2008

Jump
by Girish J. Kingar
This is daily life activity. For many children bathing in river is fun.
Equipment: Digital SLR Camera
Girish J. Kingar
Photography is my passion. I love traveling & music. I have won 75 national & international awards and 350 of my photographs have been exibited around the world.
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Jump by Girish J. Kingar was Photo of the Day on Friday, April 25th, 2008. It is tagged People, Sunset, Silhouettes, River, Children. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

42 Comments

  1. _butt Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 1:41 am

    spot on!

  2. Emma Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 4:08 am

    I thought it was a monkey! good timing!

  3. Kent Chen Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 4:13 am

    Beautiful…!

  4. Kirk Jordan Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 4:54 am

    I will believe you if you tell us this is “real” — but all the elements together, from ducks to bulls-eye placement of the jumping lad render this surreal. At first I thought you had captured a statue in silhouette. Then I looked again. Did you see this shot in advance and work to make it happen, or did you see it unfold before your long telephoto? Fantastic!

  5. Anurag Anurag Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:32 am

    Every thing is so perfect. The timing and the coincidence of the perfectly aligned birds. The exposure. Very Very uncanny!! The Entire setting looks like fairy tale stuff.

    Are you sure no compositing is involved :-) ?

  6. Anurag Anurag Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:33 am

    Oh! I forgot to mention - This is by far one of the best Earth Shots.

  7. Malta Photography Malta Photography Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:34 am

    Great shot a color. I love the way the birds in the background have been stamped in their movement. but most of all the subject has been framed very well.

  8. Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:45 am

    Hey! You’ve captured “The Boy in the Moon”
    It looks like a Peter Pan cut out. Fantabulous!
    I Love it!

  9. Gerry Pacher Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    Hi Grish,

    This is a fabulous shot! Congratulations.

    Regards, Gerry

  10. Andreea Teodorescu Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 7:45 am

    Spectacular !

  11. Ahmed Sharif Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    what an amazing capture of the moment!!…… and that too, against the disk of the sun!!…….. brilliant!!

  12. Craig Wilson Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Stunning image - technically perfect! Lovely details and colours.

  13. chet Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 8:28 am

    Thank you for sharing this beautiful shot! the colours - all in these reddish mauve and sweet magenta tones are so warm and deep. This photo is very inspiring, warming, heartening. I love the boy sillouetted over the sun and also the birds each in a different stage of flight… as if we see them all flapping their wings - the motion is added! ….My thanks again…

  14. Keith Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 8:31 am

    One must dare ask the question: is this a photoshop composite or a straight image? Either way it has been expertly composed But if a straight image - absolutely superb.

  15. Matt Harvey Matt Harvey Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    This is what I love about photography .. a perfect moment in time preserved forever.

  16. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Very well composed; good shot using only two or three colors.

  17. Aneta Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    AMAZING.

  18. reza reza Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    nice shot but risky jump . is he still alive ?

  19. Ivan Janko Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    great shot. excelent work…

  20. janet janet Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    what an interesting photo!! At first I thought it was a branch. I really like everything about the photo!!
    excellent work!!

  21. syal syal Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    AMAZING!!! this is incredible how the child is in the center and the pic is centered like that…..very very very well done….

  22. Andrew Andrew Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    Very nice shot. I like how the “jumper” associates with the birds in the background.

  23. Dennis Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    This is a very nice composition. The colors and simplicity are stunning. It is a composite, right?.

  24. colin Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 12:02 am

    maybe it would be a good idea to say what river it is

  25. S. N. Rama Raju Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 2:44 am

    Lovely shot ! Congratulations Girish.

  26. drumsand Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Hello Girish,

    This photo is so incredible, that I can barely imagine thet it wasnt post-processed.

    For me birds, as well as tree and the boy are cloned from another picture. Since it was Digital SLR, fringe on contrast phases are visible but not on a boy. Birds are so similiar to each other. and the third from left is just smaller.

    Noise on picture doesnt compare to boy space of a picture.

    Is it possible for me to have original picture on my mail? naspamy@op.pl

    DrumSand.

  27. purabi Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    GOOD GRACIOUS!WHAT A SHOT!how long did u take to get that perfect shot?

  28. Nabin Baral Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    keep on capturing the moment.Beautiful

  29. Bruce Emery Bruce Emery Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Nice shot well thought out.

  30. a. Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Stunning profile!

  31. Ahmed Ibrahim Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Good shot, wonderful colors, I think it will be more better if the sun be in center of the photo

  32. drm Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    picture is a composition of few photos. birds are cloned in digital post-processing program.

    boy is being paste from another picture.

    posts which doubt 75 awards are being deleted.

    shame!

  33. Sean Reidy Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    It just looks like a photoshop creation to me. Nothing about it looks real. Sorry!

  34. Samuel Snedeker Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 4:14 am

    There is just somthing about this shot but i just can’t put my finger on it?

  35. Srirama Raja Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Great photo. For a moment I thought you had a spider monkey jumping into the river. I had to look again to realize it was a boy.

  36. Renee Renee Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    Wow congrats on a amazing photo!

  37. Doug Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Nice composite. Photoshop is a fantastic app.

  38. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am

    A very nice scene, good colors and well composed. The picture seems too be a bit noise and oof though.

  39. Tom Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Nice comp and good timing.

  40. Tom Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    oh, where on Earth is this?

  41. Su Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Well, do we know if its real or not?

  42. Sue Gagnon Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    Apparently we do not know if this is real, but it is sure real nice! Good shot!!

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