Excelled on range, though not in photo (7)
I believe the answer is:
outshot
'excelled on range' is the definition.
'not in photo' is the wordplay.
'not in' becomes 'out' ('out' is the opposite to 'in').
'photo' becomes 'shot' (shot is a kind of photo).
'out'+'shot'='OUTSHOT'
'though' is the link.
(Other definitions for outshot that I've seen before include "scored more points" , "Projection in a building" , "fired" .)