A tennis player wound up for a forehand and the camera caught the ball, the racket, and a facial expression that could anchor an action movie poster. The eyes locked on the ball with targeting-system intensity. The mouth opened wide enough to fit a second tennis ball inside. The arm loaded the swing like a catapult mechanism built by an engineer who skipped the safety review.
Tennis players grunt, yell, and grimace on every stroke. Television audio captures the sound. Photography captures the face behind the sound, and the face is always worse than the noise suggests. This player hit a clean winner down the line. The photo made it look like she was trying to eat the ball before it crossed the net.
