In photography, timing is crucial. If you’re a landscape photographer, getting to the location with plenty of time to prepare and get the perfect lighting is essential. If you’re a portrait photographer, you have to capture the portrait at the perfect moment, when the natural expressiveness of your subject shines.

In action and performance photography, it’s even more essential, because there are often no second chances, no do-overs, and no repeated opportunities.

Here’s 30 perfectly timed photographs of performances and action, where either by luck or skill, photographers ended up with a great shot.

UFO by Claudio Pio

A passionate performer….. by David Mar Quinto

Where words fail, music speaks by Mohan Duwal

Different Point of View By harry Eggens

P!…as PerForManCe! By EdbE PhOToGrAphY

Mudra by Viswaakshan Iyer

Blue Duo by Harry Eggens

Gee Five by MilanaR

DJ Richie Hawtin by Bryan Mitchell

Flying by Matjaz Cater

Performance of Light by ginriru-tatsu

Belly Dance 05 by syntheticshadows

The Spikes live performane Roisin Dubh Galway by studio1 anthony

Performer by Adam Scott

Horská Chata by Zdenko Hanout

Burnin’ by Paul Brown

Jarvis Cocker by Saša Huzjak

Ayanakai, Fire Performer by Tan Meng Chwen

Red and White by det

Performance II by Renez

Casually, Exquisite by Equus-Photography

Black light Performance by Beo Beyond

Chinese acrobatics and other performances by Mr.Shan

Crazy fly by Claudio Pio

Soulfire by Jelena Aleksic

if only i’m a superstar by David Mar Quinto

Ballerina on the steet_3 by YoungGeun Kim

Lost Soul by Wojtek Dobrogojski

Fortune teller by Obliviate-Stock

Performance by dai