Balancing

Great action shot and I assume you chose 1\125 sec to get some subject blur to show motion.  Allowing the ISO to go to 400 you would  have got an action stopping 1\500 but your choice is fine in this shot.  If it were my shot I'd crop out about half of the foreground platform and all of the sky area above the trees.  This would allow your subject to exist with fewer competing bright areas. These bright areas tend to draw the eye away from your subject.  I seldom am able to photograph action shots without some post cropping but with multi megapixel cameras of today that's not a deal breaker.  Still lots left over to give super results.  Best, LM.

Len - You are right - I wanted to give some motion feeling to the photo with the blur as I knew already that the pictures would be sharp and accurate even with a monopod. These megapixelbacks give you lots of material to crop with if you keep your camera steady. Then it is a matter of taste how to use it. The first aim was to shoot just topic. But these photos proved to be individual performance too, although this park was for amateurs mostly.