sharks-ahoy: Sharkwater - full film Spread the word, I can't...
Sharkwater - full film
Spread the word, I can't believe there are people who still haven't seen this!
porbeagle
porbeagle
great white
great white
tiger
tiger
blue
blue
The White Shark Kayak Story (from photographer Thomas...
The White Shark Kayak Story
(from photographer Thomas Peschak)
When this photograph was first published in Africa Geographic, BBC Wildlife and later in Paris Match and the Daily Mail (London) it resulted in a flurry of e-mails, phone calls and letters from around the world asking if the image was a fake. The image became the most talked about of shark photograph ever.
The photograph is real, no photoshop, no digital manipulation, no nothing, in fact it was shot on slide film Fuji Provia 100 using a Nikon F5 Camera and 17-35 mm lens. For those conspiracy fans who still doubt its authenticity please read how I took the photograph.
To capture this image I tied myself to the tower of the research boat Lamnidae and leaned into the void, precariously hanging over the ocean while waiting patiently for a white shark to come along. I wanted to shot a photograph that would tell the story of our research efforts to track white sharks using kayaks. When the first shark of the day came across our sea kayak it dove to the seabed and inspected it from below. I quickly trained my camera on the dark shadow which slowly transformed from diffuse shape into the sleek outline of a large great white. When the shark's dorsal fin broke the surface I thought I had the shot, but hesitated a fraction of a second and was rewarded with marine biologist Trey Snow in the kayak turning around to look behind him. I pressed the shutter and the rest was history. Throughout the day I shot many more images, most showing the kayak following the shark, but all lacked the power of that first image of the great white tracking the kayak.
hammerhead
hammerhead
lemon
lemon
tiger
tiger
whale shark
whale shark
galapagos
galapagos
pelagic thresher
pelagic thresher
crested horn shark
crested horn shark
tiger
tiger
oceanic white tip
oceanic white tip
great white shark (video clip)
great white shark (video clip)
caribbean reef
caribbean reef
tiger
tiger
lemon
lemon
great white
great white

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