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A large female Tiger Shark
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Contest Finalist in Anything Animals Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in We Love Animals Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Marine Wildlife Photo Contest
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WileKyK
February 23, 2014
Awesome lighting and timing. You can just see her babies swimming with her. Congratulations on your Feature!
BowmanLifeStudios
February 23, 2014
Spectacular capture great detail and color, this is a great underwater shot!
carlosderesende
September 28, 2015
Fantastic shot! Love the eye contact.
Take a look at this site you could help conservation efforts by just logging dive details of where and when you saw this awesome Animal.
shark-base.org
Take a look at this site you could help conservation efforts by just logging dive details of where and when you saw this awesome Animal.
shark-base.org
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Location
In a dive site called Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. It is named after the Tiger Sharks present in this location. Tiger Beach is quite far from the land but it is named a "Beach" because of its shallow water (15-18 feet) and white sandy bottomTime
MorningLighting
Two Sea & Sea strobes that helped lighting the body of the shark. The ambient light was controlled by the shutter speed.Equipment
Canon G10 camera with a wide angle port and Two Sea & Sea strobesInspiration
Sharks have reputation of evil creatures and it is so untrue. They are predators, this is true, but humans aren't their main course..Editing
A little sharpening and noise reduction, some white-balance correction but the RAW image came out already quite goodIn my camera bag
For underwater photography I use a compact, fully manual Canon G10 with 2 Sea & Sea strobes, a wide angle port, a close-up diopter, a high intensity focus light for macro shots, a night-vision kit for shooting florescence creatures, many rechargeable batteries and chargers, a laptop. For land photography I take my Pentax K7 and K5 bodies with a variety of lenses, depending on the type of trip and photography. I also take graduated filter for landscape photography and a flash. A compact carbon fiber tripod is also with me on every trip.Feedback
Before taking cameras on such scuba diving trip make sure that you have enough experience as a diver. If you want to focus on the camera then everything else must come to you naturally such as buoyancy control. Most sharks are shy. If you look straight at them they will probably swim away. Stay low, look away and as the come closer turn and take the shot. Don't zoom in with your lens. Zoom with your fins! The water density is much higher than air so you want very little water between you and your subject. In simple words - Get closer!! Be safe and always care about you and your dive buddy before your equipment or your shots!!