Dwarfed by a Whale Shark
Underwater photographer, Alan Sutton, is dwarfed in size alongside a giant Dwarfed whale shark in Kilondoni Bay of Mafia Island's West Coast. Dwarfed Whale sharks favor these waters for the abundant sergest...
Feeding Frenzy of Black-Tipped Sharks
A feeding frenzy of black-tipped sharks in South Africa's Aliwal Shoal. The chilly waters were chummed for cage diving. See additional photos and video at Blacktip Sharks.
EQUIPMENT USED
Canon 7D
Ikeli...
Headshot of a Whale Shark
Headshot of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus), photographed while snorkeling off the coast of Mafia Island in Tanzania. Whale sharks are the biggest sharks and the biggest fish in the world...
Feeding Time!
A whale shark feeding on microscopic planktons off the coast of Mafia Island. It's hard to believe that a fish can grow this large without eating other large fish...
Tailing a Whale Shark
A snorkeler "tailing" an ambiguous whale shark off the coast of Mafia Island in Tanzania. The whale shark's tail is about as long as the height of a person, with the overall...
Gentile Giant
A whale shark mafia, also known as the "gentile giant" of the sea, due to it's massive size and indifference towards humans. Photo taken off the coast of Mafia Island. See more at Whale Shark Excursion.
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Filming a Whale Shark
Renee Blundon swims alongside an elusive whale shark while filming. Photo taken in Kilondoni Bay, off the coast of Mafia Island. See more at Whale Shark Excursion.
Shot on 18mm with a Canon 7D and 18-55m...
Whale Shark & Travallies
A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) coasts along Tanzanian waters with a large school of golden trevallies (Gnathanodon speciosus). Golden travallies often congregate whale sharks...
Whale Shark Excursion
Perhaps the first known recorded sighting of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off the coast of Mafia Island, was during the first world war. It was in the Mafia Island channel near Niororo Island where seaplanes...
Whale Shark
A massive whale shark (Rhincodon typus), photographed off the coast of Mafia Island. In her post Free-Diving with Whale Sharks, Renee Blundon writes, "The whale shark’s beauty is memorizing. An abundance of...
Alongside a Whale Shark
Renee Blundon free-dives while filming an elusive whale shark, the biggest fish in the world, off the coast of Mafia Island. See more photos and the full write-up at Free-Diving with Whale Sharks.
EQUIPMEN...
Face to Face with a Ragged Tooth Shark
Inside a cave and face to face with a ragged tooth shark of Aliwal Shoal in South Africa. Although quite fierce looking with rows of sharp teeth, sticking out of their mouth, raggies are known for being cur...
Shark Nostalgia – A Poem
Face to face, in depths quite deep, we stare squarely into the other's eyes,
It is there where we see everything,
where we achieve reality,
and share in it's kind existence.
From a world full of c...
Raggie Cave
Inside a Raggie Cave with a ragged tooth shark in Aliwal Shoal, South Africa.
EQUIPMENT USED
Canon 7D
Ikelite 7D Housing
Twin Ikelite DS 161 Strobes
Flat Ikelite Lens Port
Ikelite Dual Synch C...
Whitetip Shark
An oceanic whitetip reef shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), photographed in Durban, South Africa. The Saber Squirrelfish is not as common as the Crowned Squirrelfish and the Tailspot Squirrelfish in Tanzania...
Sharks
Sharks are a group of fish which have a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. There are over 470 species of them which range...
A Hunting Blacktip
Face to face with a feeding hunting blacktip shark, Renee Blundon captures this action shot as the massive fish torpedos to the surface for a snack. Renee traveled to Aliwal Shoal in South Africa to photogr...
Blacktip Sharks
Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) are 0ne of the ocean’s most fascinating predators and are found worldwide in tropical waters. With a streamlined shape, terrifying teeth, and forceful fins – the blacktip...
Ragged-Tooth Shark
A spotted ragged-tooth shark in South Africa's Aliwal Shoal, a mating ground for raggies from June to November. Despite their size, imposing appearance and ferocious set of teeth, ragged-tooth sharks are d...
Raggie Headshot
Up close with a ragged-tooth shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as a sand tiger shark or grey nurse shark. Ragged-tooth sharks inhabit subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It is not related to the tig...
Cage Diving with Sharks
Cage Diving with Black Tipped Sharks at Rocky Bay, South Coast Natal. Photo by John Miller.
Squirrelfish are closely related to Soldierfish.
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