I was invited to give comments here so I shall just pen some down. I am not too much into sports or events photograhy.
The motion freeze was well done. The skateboarder looked as if he was glued onto the half pipe. Unfortunately, this was too well captured. If the intention was to freeze motion, yes. If you would like to show a bit of action adrenaline, then you need to introduce something call motion trails.
Motion trails are basically lines of faded images extending out of the elements as an indication of motion. In this case, you may consider showing the motion when the skateboarder rolls down the half pipe.
There are 2 ways to do this.
1. In the camera:
Now I personally have not tried this and I am
not too sure if it works on field. I am just writing based on my limited theory knowledge. Capture the image using Shutter Priority mode. On general, a shutter speed of 1/180 should be able to freeze a motion. We want to show some trails here so choosing a speed slightly slower than this should do the trick. Try choosing 1/125 and see if it works. If not, 1/60, until you get a fairly image with motion blur enough to suggest the movement. But make sure the skateboarder is still pretty well sharp. You have to experiment it yourself and find out. I am only writing out of my mind.
2. Use photo editing software:
This sharp image of yours can be manupilated to suggest motion acitivity. Now I don't want to elaborate how to do it in the software because it will be too elaborate. Try doing some reading on it.
Another thing to note is the exposure of the picture. This is too bright. We want to see the motion but yet we want to see every detail of it too. There are some washed out highlights in the image. You can try checking the picture in your camera immediately after the shot was taken. If it is too bright, adjust either one or a combination of the following:
- Exposure Compensation value
- ISO value
- Aperture size (if you are using Manual Mode, you are in Shutter Priority Mode, remember?)
Next is the colours. A little flat in my opinion. You can give the colours a little more punch by adjusting the saturation value in your photo editting software.
Good try, my friend.