Great White Shark off Gansbaai, South Africa. This was a very lucky shot as soon after putting the bait out I was practicing focusing on the float when this shark came up. It was a pity the highlights burnt out but I thought it was one of those moments that is lucky to record and you can't really worry about its technical qualities.
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126 Club 90 months ago | reply
It's a pleasure. I went out with White Shark Projects at Gansbaai, it was great.
Dermal Denticles 90 months ago | reply
Ahhhh so you had Gerald or Grant as skipper. Cool dudes. I spent a couple of weeks working on the "Fanta Boat" good times :)
urindar 86 months ago | reply
hi, is the "White Sharks Project" one of those trips where you volunteer to work for an enviromental cause?
126 Club 86 months ago | reply
Hi Uriel, yes, it was indeed the White Sharks Project I went with. Did you go too?
urindar 84 months ago | reply
saddly no, I haven't gone with any of those projects... YET ;-)
galit2be 80 months ago | reply
Too close!!!
Wernt y scared??
redferrari92 76 months ago | reply
Great action shot, zoom lens needed for this :-)
RedYaris [deleted] 76 months ago | reply
Fantastic photo, Ed. Thanks for visiting my sedgefield photo. Your photos are really awesome and well worth a second visit. I'll be back.
Seen in your South Africa set. (?)
aaronphotos12 75 months ago | reply
great shot
reactor10 74 months ago | reply
i really like that shot..menacing!!
grace00_uk 72 months ago | reply
this is incredible, how do you go about seeing sharks like this, it is my lifes mission to see and protect them!
126 Club 72 months ago | reply
I went with White Shark Projects (http://www.whitesharkprojects.co.za/), they took us out on a boat trip to see them from Gansbaai.
Neil Phillips 66 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The David Attenborough group, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
randomonix 66 months ago | reply
Great shot :)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Great White Shark, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
tanyamills 63 months ago | reply
Hello, thank you for making this photo available via a creative commons license. I am using it as a part of a math lesson to my class on direct variation. We are studying how the tooth length of great white sharks is related to their body length.
Lesuerg56 62 months ago | reply
Thanks for sharing the great photo! We have posted the pic under "Surge in fatal shark attacks blamed on global warming" at www.duhmagazine.com, with your name linked back to this web page. Let us know if the attribution is correct. Thanks!
StevenGilbert 36 months ago | reply
Holy moly. That's terrifying!! I've always wanted to visit Gansbaii but I suppose this will be my fix for now ;)
VisualValor 29 months ago | reply
An amazing capture!
Harrison2604 27 months ago | reply
Top predator of the ocean in all its glory! Beautiful and unfortunately endangered.
overlandingafrica 13 months ago | reply
Awesome photo! Some of the greatest shots are the ones that happen by mistake!
I used your photo when I wrote this blog post about chumming for shark: www.discoverafrica.com/blog/chumming-for-shark-interview-...
Thanks for the great visual aid!
Dalene
E-marketing assistant
DISCOVER AFRICA GROUP