Roberts skatepark in Omaha, Nebraska. I took my Nikon Z6 to the park to get some shots of my buddy doing some skating. A bunch of us all skated when we were kids but Alex never stopped and now does so at a level that is far beyond what we used to watch in skate videos, so it is super cool to get to capture it. I was on the top of a quarter pipe, right on the coping with my 14-30mm f/4 lens as wide as I could go. Wanted to really be close to his skates as he grinded by me and my camera. However, he executed the trick in a less than ideal fashion. He did not end up colliding with me, nor did he get hurt, but rather have been laughing ever since and I even use this as a desktop background to this day. He is
@alexobrien_13 on Instagram if you want to see him not botching a grind.
Photojournalism, which this looks like, should tell a story, not leave the viewer with more questions (Unlike street photography, which often makes the viewer question what they're seeing or what's going on). Unfortunately for this shot, he's way too close for the viewer to see what's going on.
My first impression when I saw it, was that this was just a shot of a man falling down. I had to look at it a few times to realize he had rollerblades on his feet. On top of that, his right arm and leg are cut off, which draws the eyes away from the skate.
If you had gotten all of him into the frame, the story would have been much easier to see. You also have a lot of useless space on the right side of the frame, which doesn't add anything to the overall image. A little shift to the left and a couple of steps backward would have nailed the shot perfectly.