Police believe the man suspected of leaving a bomb outside a busy restaurant in Belfast was caught on CCTV.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland say the suspect was wearing a black hooded top and they released an image of a black Slazenger bag in which the bomb was contained.
The photo was taken moments before the device exploded.
Vigilant passers-by who spotted the dissident republican device minutes before it detonated have been praised by police.
The PSNI said those who alerted them to the device in the packed Cathedral Quarter district on Friday evening averted a tragedy.
Officers acting on misleading information provided in a telephone bomb warning to a Belfast newspaper had been evacuating people from a hotel 150 metres away.
Police search with dogs for evidence after Friday night's bombing Once informed about the holdall by members of the public, they were able to refocus the security operation on the area immediately around it.
The bomb warning was telephoned to the Irish News at 6pm. It was not until 6.20pm before a member of the public noticed the bag and raised the alarm.
Officers then had until 6.44pm to evacuate 1,000 people from the area before the bomb exploded.
In the event, no one was hurt. Police have described the explosion as "small" but potentially deadly.
Dissident group Oglaigh na hEireann has claimed responsibility. The group, whose name means Soldiers of Ireland, is a splinter group of the Real IRA, who opposed the Good Friday Agreement.
Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, the PSNI officer leading the investigation into the blast, appealed to anyone who may have seen the suspect carrying the holdall in and around the Cathedral Quarter area.
"Did they see a male wearing a black hoody carrying a black Slazenger bag in and around 6pm last night?" he said.
"If they saw this person or anyone acting suspiciously I would ask them to come forward and speak to detectives."
Security measures are being ramped up across the centre of Belfast The lead detective also commended the actions of the public, police and staff in the moments before the bomb went off.
He said: "This device fully functioned. The device contained flammable liquid and explosives and it has some similarities to devices that have been used before by dissident republicans.
"Members of the public were vigilant and they did come forward and speak to police and it clearly averted injuries last night," he said.
He added that analysis of security camera footage from the area would be key.
Security measures are being ramped up in Belfast city centre following the explosion.
Police have been stopping cars and checking car boots at the entrance of Castle Court Shopping Centre in the city since last month.
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny joined police, political and church representatives and traders in condemning the latest attack.
"I condemn this atrocity as a mindless attack on the sanctity of human life, carried out by people whose depraved agenda cannot, and will not, be allowed to gain a foothold in Northern Ireland," he said.
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have described the bomb attack as "despicable".
In a joint statement, both ministers appealed with anyone with information to contact police.
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