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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

These photographers shot as fast as 1/3200 sec, pressed the shutter at the perfect moment – and won a sports photography award for it

A hockey player lunges toward the goal while a goalkeeper dives to block a shot, set against a vibrant blue turf field.

Sports photography has always been one of the most challenging genres – where mastery of light, timing and instinct separates a good image from a great one. Capturing that split-second of movement and emotion demands not only technical skill but also a photographic eye for storytelling.

The Hugh Russell Sports Photography Competition has revealed its first-ever winners, celebrating amateur and professional photographers who caught those perfect, fleeting moments of sporting brilliance.

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