Oceanic whitetip shark

[Wreckdiver]

Just back from a diving trip to the Red Sea. Testing my new EM-1 in its Nauticam housing, the performance was superb.

Here's one shot of an oceanic whitetip shark. Taken with the Lumix 7-14mm lens.



Steve

[Ralph Harwood]

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Hi there Wreckdiver!

Very impressive image! Given the wide angle lens that shark can't have been very far away at all - I hope it's vegetarian. Is that a remora fish under the sharks mouth?

Keep the images coming,

Cheers,

Ralph.

[MargaretR]

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Nice to see a great example of what's possible with an underwater housing. And fabulously clear conditions!

[DavyG]

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Really nice capture of an apex predator Steve.

I've dived from Hurghada and live aboards a few times and have never seen one of these, you did well to get such a good image.

Ralph:

These are far from vegetarian and are known to attack humans, the last attack being attributed to one in the Red Sea was in March this year.

Dave

[Wreckdiver]

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Really nice capture of an apex predator Steve.

I've dived from Hurghada and live aboards a few times and have never seen one of these, you did well to get such a good image.

Ralph:

These are far from vegetarian and are known to attack humans, the last attack being attributed to one in the Red Sea was in March this year.

Dave

They are in the top 4 of the more aggressive sharks but the recent attacks in the Red Sea have been when people are swimming and kicking on the surface. Once you get eye to eye with them they come up close but will quickly flit away if you make any movement towards them. There are no known recordings of attacks on divers in many, many years.

Steve

[Wreckdiver]

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Hi there Wreckdiver!

Very impressive image! Given the wide angle lens that shark can't have been very far away at all - I hope it's vegetarian. Is that a remora fish under the sharks mouth?

Keep the images coming,

Cheers,

Ralph.

The lens was at 14mm but I could have touched her easily. There are two remoras attached.

Steve

[Wee man]

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Great shot;I like goldfish best.

[andym]

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When you take underwater photos what do you do about white balance? I assume it would play havoc with auto.

Great pic.

[Wreckdiver]

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Hi Andy, Auto WB does a reasonable job in shallow water; this shot was on Auto and I was at 10 metres. As I shoot in raw I don't bother trying to WB, just leave in auto and correct in ACR later. At deeper depths the red goes rapidly and all shots are blue/green.

For a reference for this shot I picked part of the shark's body and, knowing what the colour of the body should be (slight green tint), it was pretty much spot on.

The method I use predominately though is to take photos of other divers at the same depth and take a reference off their SCUBA cylinders and then transfer. As these have a matt grey finish (aluminium) the reference is always spot on.

Regards,

Steve

[mm500]

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Wow, great picture - that's just about made my day. I still have yet to see a shark in the sea.

Superb photo of a great subject!

Mal

[Wally]

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That is one 'eck of a holiday snap which looks to be close up and personal.

This one took me back quite a few years to when I was at Tabuk in Saudi during the early 80's. The only sharks I ever saw were through the glass bottom of a small launch we had the use of. I remember that the water was so clear you could see down to the bottom even in very deep water. Is it still as clear today?

Camping on a small remote 'uninhabited' island, one of the very few perks, in late evening burning petrol in a sand filled bucket near the waters edge, proved to be a lure for the smaller species including lion fish.

Thanks for sharing.

[Zuiko]

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Wow! I just called my wife to look at this picture and we're both amazed.

[KeithL]

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Superb image Steve!

[Peter_Hartland]

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Fantastic image

[Wreckdiver]

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That is one 'eck of a holiday snap which looks to be close up and personal.

This one took me back quite a few years to when I was at Tabuk in Saudi during the early 80's. The only sharks I ever saw were through the glass bottom of a small launch we had the use of. I remember that the water was so clear you could see down to the bottom even in very deep water. Is it still as clear today?

Camping on a small remote 'uninhabited' island, one of the very few perks, in late evening burning petrol in a sand filled bucket near the waters edge, proved to be a lure for the smaller species including lion fish.

Thanks for sharing.

The vis was at least 20 metres Wally. The shark was circling around us for about 20 mins and came within touching distance several times. A lot of people got a lot of photos and video.

Lionfish are very common and it's possible to get very close to them, although not too close. They are quite slow swimmers.

Steve