Sometimes it takes an ounce of luck to get an amazing photo. Being in the right place, and especially at the right time, is the prerogative of the right photographer. Amazing perspectives or moments when everything changes, grasping the elusive is a chance that you only have once in your life. A small selection of these moments of grace gleaned from the canvas.
These are our 50 perfectly timed images:
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Field Day for the Kindergarteners. I discovered this perfectly timed shot as I was sorting pictures.
byu/melwarren inPerfectTiming
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A second before a ruined afternoon
byu/DedalusStew inPerfectTiming
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Don’t feed the birds
byu/justintolerable inPerfectTiming
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Brace for impact
byu/chrondor87 inWellthatsucks
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Lightning strikes at the same time as the camera shutter rolls
byu/Wildfire2044 innevertellmetheodds
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You know you’re screwed when this happens
byu/Sammy_D- inPerfectTiming
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White-tailed Sea Eagle in flight being attacked by a Common Gull
byu/lolman1604 inPerfectTiming
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Collision during a football game
byu/cedricludovic inPerfectTiming
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I took this photo just as lightning struck.
byu/PeterBeast37 inPerfectTiming
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Phone loss
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Why that’s a nice shirt.
byu/puggle404 inPerfectTiming
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Eclipse on a Bird’s Wing
byu/SHORTDOG722 inPerfectTiming
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When my husband thought it was a good idea to pick me up while standing dangerously close to the creek after our wedding
byu/bixnok inPerfectTiming
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Becoming Shark Food
byu/grandmasneighbor inPerfectTiming
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Caiman in mid bite.
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It is selfie time – New Zealand mountainous parrot Kea
byu/madawara inPerfectTiming
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This picture my dad took
byu/argentumtum inPerfectTiming
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Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, getting kicked in the face
byu/psychologicalX inPerfectTiming
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Took a picture of my parents on a boat with a rope swing. Attempted back flip gone wrong
byu/triankletattoo inPerfectTiming
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Fainting guard
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Family Photo
byu/witepriveledge inPerfectTiming
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Took the shot a little too early
byu/cwmma inPerfectTiming
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A car crash during the Mid-Winter Race at California’s Imperial Fairgrounds, 1976 [600×392]
byu/ibkeepr inHistoryPorn
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Me failing to catch a basketball
byu/TheBongoMan inPerfectTiming
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Marat Safin lifting a tennis trophy
byu/ColtonNygren inPerfectTiming
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This eagle
byu/Andrew9768 inPerfectTiming
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DESTRUCTION
byu/fhudge inPerfectTiming
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Flying cat
byu/SuperKozz inPerfectTiming
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Gray owl about to catch dinner
byu/totalsynthesis inPerfectTiming
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That one Christmas when a champagne cork hit me in the eye.
byu/romancreed inPerfectTiming
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Squirrel diving into water
byu/Scithiryx inPerfectTiming
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I told him many times not to climb on the chairs
byu/jumpingpanda11 inPerfectTiming
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Someone flicked their cigarette while I was taking a picture of my friends last summer
byu/Spook_Master_Jack inPerfectTiming
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Happy birthday at its best!
byu/jumpingpanda11 inPerfectTiming
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Runaway train hits the water (story link in comments)
byu/GarlicoinAccount inPerfectTiming
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“Cow jumping over herding dogs”
byu/toaster152 inPerfectTiming
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X post ~ My phone vibrated the exact moment I took a picture and things got ~wiggly~
byu/posierahraaa inPerfectTiming
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Double whammy
byu/urbinsanity inPerfectTiming
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byu/aiman23012002 inPerfectTiming
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Thirst
byu/kantichio inPerfectTiming
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This perfectly timed photo of a wave
byu/Lorte_lars inPerfectTiming
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When the wave kicks in
byu/SalazarRED inPerfectTiming
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JFK, his book, and a fan
byu/myoriginalcontent inPerfectTiming
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This dog trying to catch the ball
byu/Quarafee inPerfectTiming
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Bad Day
byu/wisdomissuccess1 inPerfectTiming
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Drop kick
byu/beybladeparm inPerfectTiming
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Perfect paws
byu/Raumschiff inPerfectTiming
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