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Photography capturing movement, motion and action

ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏhas over 50 hand-picked image categories created specifically to help you narrow down your image search and make it easier for you to find the image you’re looking for. This month we’re exploring our movement, motion and action category. This category showcases the breath-taking ways photography can capture movement and motion within a single image.

Here is a rundown of 5 key themes within this category showing the various ways movement and action can be captured…

People

F19F5X London, UK. 30th August, 2015. Hundreds of youngsters are taking part in a huge procession of Calypso dancers and floats for Children's Day. © Velar Grant/ZUMA Wire/ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏLive News
ZUMA Press, Inc. / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
little boy child on the beach jumping from a hill
Niels Hariot / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
Caracas, Venezuela. 3rd Mar, 2014. Demonstrators throw rocks in a clash against the Bolivarian National Police during a protest in Altamira, east Caracas, Venezuela, on March 3, 2014. © Boris Vergara/Xinhua/ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏLive News
Xinhua / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo

Wildlife

EG4828 Male lion (Panthera leo) in confrontation Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya July
Nature Picture Library / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
King Penguins huddle together with their backs to the sudden snow squall
Roger Clark / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
 school of Jelly fish in aquarium with blue light
Jason Lovell / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo

Water

S06WMK Boy splashing water on his face in a pure river
Przemyslaw Klos / Stockimo / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
F54JD6 Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. 27th October, 2015. Teenagers take risks as the waves at high tide this evening crash against the promenade in Aberystwyth, while others enjoy the view from a safe distance. © Ian Jones/ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏLive News
Ian Jones News / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
G2925K The Orlando Eye is a 400 feet tall ferris wheel in the heart of Orlando and the largest observation wheel on the east coast
Robert Hoetink / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo

Sport

FTBFJ2 Motocross driver under the spray of water during the race Urals Cup of Enduro "Stone belt 2015"
sportpoint / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
FBKHTE Japanese female high jump athlete jumping
Aflo Co., Ltd. / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
EBPH6J Cheering runner approaching finish line
Hero Images Inc. / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo

Travel

FR6X5M People riding amusement park ride. Image shot 2015. Exact date unknown.
PG Arphexad / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
G40263 Airman checks for a clear deck as an MH-60S Sea Hawk takes off USS John C. Stennis.
Stocktrek Images, Inc. / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo
G27AD8 INDIA Mumbai , commuter in city train of western railways / INDIEN Bombay , S-Bahn Zuege befoerdern taeglich Millionen von Pendlern zwischen Zentrum und Suburbans
Joerg Boethling / ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏStock Photo

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