50 Breathtaking Action Photos

Taking action shots can be much more difficult than shooting inanimate objects. Practice makes perfect as does having the right equipment for the job and waiting patiently for the right moment. This collection features some terrific and awe inspiring moments in time, which if you blinked, you might have missed them if it were not for these quick thinking photographers.

Splash

Gotta go 

Levitation 

Running through the gate 

Double action 

Skating

Shocker 

Matches 

Catching a wave 

Atta boy

Tennis anyone?

Death of a lightbulb 

Duck, Duck, Goose! 

Jump!

Love on the move

Excitement 

Air time

Mini avalanche 

Victory 

Elite pond diving team

Spinning wheel 

Gold rush 

Swinging carousel 

Kickboxing 

Free fallin 

That’s fast 

Fly like an eagle 

Graceful

High dive 

Anti Gravity 

Speeding cyclist 

Lambo 

Crash!

Implosion 

Rioting 

From the window 

In the clouds 

Wind 

Interception 

Ride 

Flamenco 

Loco motion

Water boarding 

Ouch! 

Determination 

Burning rubber 

Kneeling into home 

Great Gizmo Race 

Spark