Steve: Question for Jack  

Thanks, Steve! That first picture was captured at 1/4000 second which froze all that cool tire distortion stuff. And yes I do get surprised a lot when I look at my pictures later because some things your eye just can't see while it's happening in real time--like the glove flying off Randy Wolfe or the tire distortion here. Lots of practice, good gear, skills and doing your homework and trying to improve each time do apply in the equation of getting good images, but yes, for sure luck and good timing do play a big part in this photography stuff-- especially with my nature photography.