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Whale Shark Ahead!


Whale Shark Ahead!
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Copyright: Margo Cavis (margocavis) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 55] (191)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C-5060
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): * more favorite photos (III), ! ABYSS ! - THE UNDERWATER GALLERY, Underwater Photography 2, Fishes [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-10-17 12:24
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Favorites: 1 [view]
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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,
Very impressive shot! Great scene, must have been a trilling adventure!
Greetings, Mike

Hola Margo, quedé impresionado con esta foto,que que barbaro como se ve este ejemplar, una belleza.

Te felicito por la toma y le momento que capatastes.

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  • OLF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 535 W: 95 N: 594] (2462)
  • [2007-10-17 12:29]

Hi Margo,
Agree with Mike, very impressive and dynamic shot!
Good light and sharpness for a sub marine shot.
Very good work, and a good note too.
Regards,
Olivier

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  • fryz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 28 N: 242] (1668)
  • [2007-10-17 12:40]

excellent moment
avec ces petits en deventure!!
impressionnant
un chouilla de netteté sous neatimage et le tour est joué
bravo Margo
a+
Vincent

Interesting story and veruy beutiful shot. Suggest you also Trek Nature
Reghards
Charles

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  • xramm Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 4 N: 37] (681)
  • [2007-10-17 13:09]

Very good work, I liked its composition. If only it would be bigger size frame.TFS
Hakki

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  • sc07 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 178 W: 50 N: 169] (1246)
  • [2007-10-17 16:19]

Hi Margo!
Amazing picture, really impressive. The composition is great, the diagonal gives such a good impression of movement. The whale shark seems to come out of nowhere...
Seb

LIKE a NG shot. Amazing underwater shot.
Just great.
Partha

Hi Margo,
I'm dreaming to make such a diving! You're lucky, and it's a good shot!
TFS
Thomas

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  • Lissan (111)
  • [2007-11-09 7:04]

WOW! This is awesome. Nice shot, cool motive! I like the moving look of the small fishes in front of the shark. Regards / Elisabet

Congratulations for your experience and this magnificent photo Margo!
Regards from Canada,

Thành.

Beautiful Picture Margo. Great picture in Trekearth. I beleive you should also post your photograph in TrekNature too.

thanks,
Arghya

Hello Margo,
I'm dreaming to make such a diving! You're lucky, and it's a good shot! Very impressive shot! Amazing picture, really impressive. Well done
Regards,
Charles
Malta

very good shot, nice one

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  • MLINES Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1957 W: 171 N: 1948] (8594)
  • [2007-12-16 16:26]

Hi Margo. A superior photo of this little seen species. It is excellent and shows the scale against more usual sized fish. Beautiful colours. TFS. Murray.

!!!
wow.
that must be exciting!

great pic.

I love this. It must be magical to witness a moment like this.

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  • degani Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 174 W: 0 N: 247] (2235)
  • [2008-01-19 22:27]

Beautiful image, it is not needed a lot of words to qualificate this picture, it simply beautiful, I like very much the soft colours and the composition with the big shark coming out from the see, great work
ciao
franco

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