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Checking Me Out!

© Gunther Allen

Checking Me Out!

Uploaded: June 11, 2005

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aperture - f5.6, shutter 1/8, lens - 50mm, location- Maui

At first you don't move. Then you realized you aren't breathing. A cold chill runs across your spine. Your rationalize that black tips aren't agressive - right?!? Or is it the other way around? Just checking me out huh?

Comments

S J June 11, 2005

Truly an AWESOME capture, Gunther!! Love the exposure and of course your description...lol. #261553

Gunther Allen June 11, 2005

Thanks again Sanjay! Kinda get that feeling every time I see a shark up close or caged! #1457077

Jessica L. Richard June 11, 2005

wow, that looks scary! What a great shot! #1457312

Claudia Kuhn level-classic June 11, 2005

Wow Gunther, great capture! Glad you're here posting this shot, which means he just checked you out... Very cool! #1457516

Laura Clay-Ballard June 11, 2005

he is checking you out! dinner? great shot! #1457563

Nancy Adkins June 11, 2005

Knoe just how you feel. Great shot.
My breating stoped just looking at the shot and reading your discription.
What was your camera? #1457572

Gunther Allen June 11, 2005

Thank you Nancy, Laura, Claudia, and Jessica. My trusty Nikon D-100 On another note...I've run into a bull head sharks twice while diving in the Keys, both tiger and thresher sharks in Hawaii. Broke my nose and started bleeding profusely on the big island of Hawaii while surfing and was followed into shore by a tiger shark. - NOT GOOD I frequently see nurse sharks and dogfish sharks off of Catalina Island. Bottom line is that I get the same feeling when I see a shark in the wild as I do seeing them in an aquarium as the one above. I don't have an underwater housing for my camera and have tried several times to capture sharks swimming with the throw away types. I have never been able to get close enough with those types of camera, nor do I really try to. I did try to take the picture of a 15 Bullhead shark in Florida, but it came out very blurry and dark. Didn't mean to trick anyone here, but this was taken safely behind thick glass! #1458261

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