March 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm

The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

by twistedsifter

 

By Internet standards, a perfectly timed photo occurs when two of the following three conditions are met:

1. Perfect Place
2. Perfect Time
3. Perfect Angle

Sometimes the holy trinity of perfectness is achieved and you get an Internet classic like so many of the photographs below. There are countless galleries of these images floating around. I tried my best to compile the most representative of this concept. If you’re craving more, the following links are a good start: r/PerfectTiming on Reddit; Bored Panda (here, here and here); BuzzFeed (here and here)

Enjoy!

 

1.

full moon olympic rings london bridge 2012 The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

 

 

2.

lightning strikes statue of liberty perfect timing

Photograph by JAY FINE (via The Big Picture)

 

 

3.

diver whale high five perfect timing

Photograph by MARCO QUERAL (via Daily Mail)

 

 

4.

just a pinch buddah perfect timing

Photograph via Former_Manc on Reddit

 

 

5.

seagull takes ice cream perfect timing

 

 

6.

perfect timings swimmer water

Photograph by ADAM PRETTY (via Photo Blog on NBC News

 

 

7.

eye of the drain sink The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Liammm on Reddit

 

 

8.

airplane-breaking-the-sound-barrier-perfect timing

 

 

9.

perfect timing

 

 

10.

Bohemian-Waxwing (Silkitoppa)-3-E

 

 

11.

snowboarder walking on moon perfect timing

Photograph by Frode Sandbech

 

 

12.

lightning rainbow perfect timing

 

 

13.

starbucks fail van perfect timing

Photograph by heuristicus on Reddit

 

 

14.

underwater fish photobomb animal photobombs The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Nick Kelly

 

 

15.

obama wizard perfect timing

Photograph by CAROLYN KASTER (via The Atlantic: In Focus)

 

 

16.

eiffel tower crane perfect timing

Photograph by PDP-11 on Reddit

 

 

17.

soldier yawning perfect timing

Photograph via Bored Panda

 

 

18.

praying mantis bike

Photograph by Tustel Ico

 

 

19.

statue cloud perfect timing

Photograph via Loco Lol

 

 

20.

budweiser crown ref perfect timing

Photograph via BuzzFeed

 

 

21.

keel walk hugo boss suit boat sailing standing on rutter The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Alex Thomson Racing

 

 

22.

the honeybees final sting The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Kathy Keatley Garvey

 

 

23.

spear fishing perfect timing

Photograph by STEPHANE DUCANDAS (via The Telegraph)

 

 

24.

airplane passing the mooon perfect timing The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Chris Thomas

 

 

25.

belly slap perfect timing

Photograph via nthensome on Reddit

 

 

26.

perfect timing bike crash

Photograph by Bored Panda

 

 

27.

wu tang soccer perfect timing

Photograph via Hypervocal

 

 

28.

dolphin bird murmuration perfect timing

Photograph via hmistry on Reddit

 

 

29.

eagle perfect timing

Photograph by PAM MULLINS (via The Telegraph)

 

 

30.

kite surfing with whale below aerial shot from above The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

 

 

31.

waves wilma hurskainen The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Wilma Hurskainen

 

 

32.

SunBall
Photograph by Waleed Almotar

 

 

33.

statue juggling plane perfect timing

Photograph via Bored Panda

 

 

34.

forced perspective perfect timing

 

 

35.

headless gymnast perfect timing

Photograph by MARTIN BERNETTI (via rusrep.ru)

 

 

36.

wwf wrestling mustache perfect timing

Photograph via CollegeHumor

 

 

37.

four winged bird perfect timing

Photograph by Jens Birch

 

 

38.

2012 olympics perfectly timed graphic overlay oympic ring glasses The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph via postnatald on Reddit

 

 

39.

saints football fart newspaper perfect timing

Photograph via Deeman9 on Reddit

 

 

40.

moving car with hand from above perfect timing

Photograph by Aleksandr Malin

 

 

41.

underwater group photo surfing above perfect timing

 

 

42.

Coincidence.

Photograph by Tea Kolo on Flickr

 

 

43.

moon crane perfect timing

Photograph by BRUNO GERBER (via Huffington Post)

 

 

44.

partial solar eclipse devil horns sun The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

Photograph by Peter Wienerroither

 

 

45.

жахнуло

Photograph by photoDiod on Flickr

 

 

46.

ladybug dandelion perfect timing

 

 

47.

the moon through north window arches national park utah united states The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

 

 

48.

meta flamingo perfect timing

Photograph by Robert Haas

 

 

49.

cats heart shape with tail perfect timing

 

 

 

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