Athletics

Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.
Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.

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The oldest of sporting endeavours and part of human representation throughout history, capturing athletics requires a keen eye and precision timing. Whilst capturing emotion and conveying the energy it's equally important to capture the intensity of the moment.  

Athletics photography is a specialised form of sports photography focused on capturing the excitement and action of athletic events. It requires a photographer
to be able to capture the movements of athletes in a creative way and the great athletics photographers capture moments that no one else can see, and immortalise them in a single image.

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