Hafizabad is a city located 94 km north of Faisalabad on Faisalabad-Wazirabad Railway section. In a seemingly dare-devil stunt, this guy is seen jumping across freight box cars.
Photo Credits: Ali Muhammad
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I enjoyed the photo as well. And I like the extent of conversation that tries to determine its validity.
Earlier today, I talked to my Photo specialist, Ron B. in NYC and here is his comment: “He’s stripped in. He looks brighter than the train. He is lower res than the train and the train has motion, it’s moving, a little blurred. Also the lighting does not match. He is warmer, more sun?
This photo is from the website; trekearth.com and I looked at their Terms of Service, which included the following:
Only photographs are permitted. Images may not be digitally manipulated in an image editing program ie, Photoshop except for the following reasons:
Copyright notices and (straight-edged, plain) frames
Cropping, resizing and sharpening
Touching up (dust, slight imperfections)
Levels, Curves, Color adjustment, Hue, Saturation etc. for minor image enhancements.
Multiple exposures to get proper exposure values
Stitching for panoramic photos
Color conversion to Black and White, Sepia, Duotone etc.
Perspective correction for parallax or lens distortion.
Link to original pic;
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Pakistan/pho to746243.htm
The train could be less pixellated because it is closer and not in such sharp focus. The size of the boy relative to the sidewalk suggests he is not on that surface. Also he looks like he is jumping; who runs with that posture? We would have to go so far as to say the photographer asked him to do that and this seems a little extreme. Esp. if the train is not moving is it really so dangerous to jump….? I don’t think it is a trick picture necessarily. The interest comes from wondering if anybody would dare be so foolhardy on a moving train, and the answer, by the photographer’s own admission, is no.
Not being as smart as the rest here, I went to the original pic and read the caption. The train is NOT moving so the boy is jumping over stationary wagons.
Here is the caption “the boy is jumping from one boggie to an other . the distance is not more than a half meter.these compartments are not of a moving train. they are standing on railwaylines with further plans to be attached with incoming trains. i liked his style and captured.”
Jackie looks good in shalwar btw.
Although the picture is pretty interesting, yet the more interesting thing that I gathered from here is that there is a bunch of very intelligent people commenting on this. I am glad to be part of the Pakistaniat community. Thanks to Adil and Owais.
Regards