# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BTtNBpwjrE6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16452424-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ef59c5a779.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-05-05T09:52:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Getty Images photographer Cameron Spencer is taking over gettyimages today for a closer look at some of his favourite images. To see more of Cameron’s work check out his Instagram ➡️ cjspencois #FollowFriday
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" This image of Gael Monfils is my favourite sports image I have ever taken. I have spent six whole months of my life pointing a lens at the vibrant blue courts of the Australian Open Grand Slam (13 slams). In 2016 during the fourth round, the unbelievable happened. Monfils dived into the air to save a point on the baseline. I had never seen this happen in my career on a baseline or on hardcourt. It is rare when capturing sport that every element comes together for the perfect image. The light, the position I was in, the lens I was on, the direction that Monfils jumped, the colour of his shirt, the shadow. When it happened, I couldn’t believe it happened. I checked the back of my camera instantly to check it was sharp and I hadn’t cropped the racquet out of frame. It was all there so I transferred the image to editors instantly with the voice tag ‘the best tennis pic I have ever taken is coming your way’. It’s moments like these that make photographing sport so addictive and worthy of the long days out on court.” - cjspencois #gettysport | January 25, 2016| #PhotographerTakeover [1 of 4]

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gettysport, photographertakeover, followfriday

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