A swimmer breaking the surface mid-stroke, water droplets suspended in the air around them

Breath

Forty lengths before I got the one where the water holds still.

Sample frame — generated stand-in, not one of Colin’s photographs

Camera
Sony a1
Lens
FE 200-600mm ƒ/5.6-6.3
Focal length
428mm
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Shutter
1/3200s
ISO
8000
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Made
February 2026