A moment of naked emotion writ large on faces. A second of intense concentration. A snapshot of cricketers at their most vulnerable... and their least photogenic. The catch face - no cricketer is immune to it, no camera is forgiving of it.
Take, for instance, Mohammed Siraj in the match against the Netherlands at the World Cup. It's bad enough to drop a catch, worse still to catch it on the throat as he did. His face can't hide the terror of having to face the bowler after botching this sitter, and the worry that he might not even have a voice to defend himself later in the dressing room. Thankfully he walked away from this with just a bruised ego and Adam's apple.
Then there's the pure joy of landing a catch, never mind that you're not on the field, or that it's going to make no difference to the outcome of the match.
There's also a face at the other end of the catch, that of the batter watching their innings cut short by one thoughtless slog.
Sometimes a catch brings the entire gamut of human emotions into play. In the renaissance painting of a photo below, there's glee, fear, anticipation, amusement - all the emojis on the list. Michelangelo would have killed to paint this.
Putting your heads together before a match? Great. Putting your heads together attempting a catch? Regret.
As possibly one of the most expressive players on the field, Stuart Broad is bound to have an epic catch-face. Ben Stokes' impression of it, though, leaves something to be desired.
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Chris Woakes, on the other hand, has his Steve Carrell impression so on point, we won't be surprised if he's offered a job at Dunder Mifflin after his cricket career winds down.
Travis Head always has a Plan B. If he can't catch the ball with his hands, he'll make sure he does with his mouth.
If there was ever an award for the best catch-face, Roelof van der Merwe would eat the competition for breakfast.
A catch often comes down to a split-second decision. Nat Sciver-Brunt has an important one to make - lose the ball or lose your teeth?
Then there are those whose only emotion while taking a catch is laser focus. Below, Archana Devi absolutely T-1000s a skier.
