February 28th, 2017 | Updated on February 26th, 2024
Photography is probably one of the most risky sorts of photography. The outcome totally depends on the skills of photographer and the time when the shot is taken. It’s hard not to wince upon seeing these photos. Snapped in the last seconds leading up to a catastrophe, they capture the exact moment before various forms of impact.
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Here, travel has rounded up examples throughout the ages and from across the world of people just about to be served a very unfortunate blow.
1. She doesn’t know it yet, but this woman is about to get drenched as she sunbathes innocently on the grass
2. This is the moment just before an escaped leopard from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in India attacked a fleeing warden. The man survived but the leopard was shot dead
3. This snap is timed so perfectly it almost looks as though his hand is meeting a solid surface
4. The chap here appears completely oblivious thus far, but he’s about to hear a loud splash
5. This cargo ship capsized catastrophically off New Zealand’s North Island leaking oil into the ocean
6. A surfing mishap unfolding before our eyes, with the moment just before she face plants captured
7. The pilot of this plane managed to crawl from the wreckage and survive after a botched stunt at the Royal Air Forces Association airshow in West Sussex last year
8. The expression of the man who has just lobbed this wooden mallet at his friend’s head is pretty priceless
9. As is the face of utmost glee from this woman who is launching a surprise water attack
10. This dog clearly suffered a case of tunnel vision when he charged after his Frisbee with scant regard for surrounding obstacles
11. Two men struggle at the bow of a boat as walls of water shoot up from either side
12. The two people here are either serious thrill-seekers or have no idea what’s about to hit them
13. One wrong nudge and this probably priceless china vase is set to topple over and smash to smithereens
14. The slip here has already occurred but this poor man’s bottom is yet to meet the pavement
15. A man flees his pursuer during what is likely to be the controversial ‘running of the bulls’ festival in Spain
16. This unfolding disaster is almost too grim for words, but it’s safe to say that this woman’s nice relaxing sunbathing session is about to be over
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