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Whoo hoo Whale Shark!


Whoo hoo Whale Shark!
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Copyright: Margo Cavis (margocavis) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 56] (198)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C-5060
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Underwater Photography 2, Scuba Diving, Fishes [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-10-10 11:10
Viewed: 1469
Points: 12
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While doing marine conservation work on the island of Mahe we came up from a working dive to the boat captain telling us he had spotted Whale Shark fins. After we were all on board we drove around in search of those massive fins piercing the surface. It wasn't long before we spotted one. We all threw our mask,fins, snorkels back on & slipped into the water as fast as possible & took off over towards the last sighting. I headed a little further over, hoping to head it of, when all of a sudden out of the blue where I couldn't see much - this huge open mouth is headed straight for me. I hesitate for a moment, trying to decide if I should swim left or right to try to get out of it's way. Just as I decide to go left, it seems to veer a little in the same direction - that gets me moving a little faster. I got off to the side - snapping a couple photos on the way & was able to swim along with it for a good bit until it dove down & I could no longer see it. We all then got back into the boat .... then shortly after, we saw 2 more fins poke up.... we threw our fins & masks back on & hopped back into the water. At one point after swimming with one, I head back closer to the boat & looked down to see 2 swimming up - I had to do some quick maneuvering in order to not be caught between them - one of the 2 was the really big one that was longer than our dive boat! Our dive group couldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the evening. This was so amazing, I almost forgot about the nice big octopus I saw right before that!

The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) east of Kenya. The number of islands in the archipelago is often given as 115 but the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155.

I stayed on the island of Mahé for most of the summer of 2006, doing marine conservation work. But also stayed on Curieuse for a week & visited Praslin The scenery was beautiful & the diving was incredible!

For this photo I used an Olympus 5060 with the Olympus underwater housing.
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Hi Margo,
What a lucky guy you are ! I would like to swim with these sharks, and I tried to, but no luck for me :(
All I saw... you can find it in my galerie...
TFS
Thomas

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3756 W: 232 N: 5052] (15965)
  • [2007-10-10 12:15]

Hi Margo,
I'm really impressed with the color and detail you captured here. Usually when I think of action shots, I don't think of the photographer's action to escape the subject!! I've never seen a whale shark, sound like you had a great year.
HLJ, pat

This is amazing. Great note. What are all the other fish swimming with it? Sharks? and the little fish at the front?

I gave it a little sharpen to make the other fish stand out. :) You can easily sort it out yourself with some free software like paint.net or photoshop. :) Would also love to see this shot bigger. You can do a max of 800pixels.

Welcome to TE!

Rgds, Leilani

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  • OLF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 583 W: 100 N: 674] (2754)
  • [2007-10-10 12:55]

Hi MArgo,
Very good pov on this scene, submarine photo are very difficult to take. Yours is well done!
Welcome on TE and thank's for sharing!
Regards,
Olivier

Hi Margo,

the whale shark is not only the biggest fish, for me itīs also the most fascinating...I like itīs patterns on the skin, like ornaments. Absolutely great capture !
TFS Chris

Cool photograph, I've always wanted to swim with whale sharks. Way to get out your camera while worrying about being enveloped by the shark.

I love the angle of the shark and the fish heading up.

Regards

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