Frozen

East St. Louis Relays
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Sometimes, more than helping you see, a photograph can help you feel. In this case, the feeling is tension. High school runners at an invitational track meet wait anxiously for the baton to be passed to them in the 1600-meter relay. Their nerves are part of the image. 

Shutter: 1/500; Aperture: f/6.3; ISO: 400; Focal Length: 18 mm