20 Cool Pics That Wouldn't Exist Without Some Pretty Perfect Timing

In the moment, the lasers were probably flashing on and off too quickly for her to appreciate the fact that her drink was lit up perfectly like this. But that doesn't matter, because we have this awesome photo that shows it.

When you pop a bubble, you can see, very quickly, the way the surface tension breaks and the bubble itself ceases to exist. It's pretty cool to see it slowed down: half of the bubble is intact, while the other half is no more.

I have two thoughts here: to the photographer, I say great job with this photo. To the driver, I'd recommend not revving it through deep puddles like this.

Both of these creatures are predators, and in this moment, it almost feels like they're both recognizing this fact. It's a bit of an awkward encounter, but both will soon return to their predatory ways.

This photo is so perfectly composed that the ice cream drip almost looks fake. I mean, in real time it's just a blur, but in this photo it almost looks cartoonish.

This photo's timing is exquisite. In a split second, the kid on the right will probably be bawling and the kid on the left will be looking for excuses. The moment captured in this photo represents the calm before the storm.

I'm not sure if the dashboard Jesus has anything to do with his awesome photo of natural phenomena, but I'm guessing his presence doesn't exactly hurt.

There are so many variables that influence this photo, including weather conditions, time of day and time of year. Props to the photographer for having the patience to snap this pic at the exact perfect time.

Here's a true photographic glitch, the kind you probably could never capture if you were trying to. Like, there are probably just a couple of thousandths of a second when this would be possible.

When you see birds that have beef, it's usually just a blurry, fluttery mess. But when you slow it down thanks to the magic of photography, things look a good bit more epic.

I find it hard to believe a smaller bird would literally hitch a ride on a bigger bird, but that seems to be what's happening here. I wonder how much longer this arrangement lasted after the pic was taken.

This would be a perfectly Insta-worthy pic even without the dolphin, but the dolphin (and the fish it's tossing) elevate the photo to another level.

You know that feeling of slipping, where you know you've lost your footing and things are going to hurt really badly in about two milliseconds? Well, that's almost certainly what this person is feeling in this particular moment.

If not for the telltale snapped suspenders above the kid's head, you'd be hard pressed to know what's going on here. This is the kind of photo that becomes a family classic.

In real-time, this was probably incredibly chaotic, with screeching birds, possible pecking hazards, and maybe a little bird poop thrown in for good measure. It's a wonder that it looks so chill when taken as a freeze-frame.

In reality, that person is probably being blasted at unfathomable speeds. But in this image, it looks like he's seen the wreck happening behind him, and has resolved to swiftly walk away from the whole mess.

When you really think about it, birds are nature's most prolific photobombers. They're always whizzing around, almost unseen, until they decide to divebomb someone's photo op. It's a big-time troll move.

Do deer usually hang out this close together? Like, you literally can't make out three different bodies, just one body with three heads. In any event, nice job by the photographer, because this probably didn't last long.

It's incredibly rude of this bird to just fly up to a window, stare inside and take a picture for posterity. There should be some sort of expectation of privacy when you're on one of the higher floors.

It's tough to upstage a gigantic statue like this, but the guy in the blue shirt has found a way. It looks like he hiked his pants up so hard that he momentarily defied gravity.