cow ? boy by bugatti
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Jordi (a catalan diving mate), Gualberto (divemaster) and George (my son). And a silky shark. It seems that sharks have a node of nerve terminals in the tail and in the snout, and if you tweak either (as Gualberto is doing with the tail) they go into a sort of hypnotic stupor. Don't try that on a black tip or tiger shark, but silkies are smaller and friendly around here (in other sites they have a bad name for sudden attacks). And they seem to like being stroked (they really are smooth skinned, as the name implies).
Comments (11)
awadissk
very interesting picture
45thdiv
What depth are you at? A few months back I tried to explain to digital artists the effects that water gas on light and color the deper you go. I was ignored. Your photo proves my point. No stark red and the sunlight is not yellowish green. Too deep for that. Thanks.
bugatti
It's not very deep, 15 feet I guess, we were at the end of the dive. Water filters out the red light very fast, you can put some red back by adjusting color balance in photoshop (which I did on this one), or putting on a red filter (my Sealife DC600 has a sea mode that does that, but it was not on in this shot) or much better by using an external flash. The water dims artificial light fast too, so it's better to use a very wide angle lens, to have the less possible water between the camera and the subject.
RodolfoCiminelli
Impresionante fotografía y tanto mas por la acción de montarse sobre un tiburón....!!!
Fidelity2
Very interesting. 5+.
MrsLubner
ok, no offense but I would title this "Dumb boy" not Cow Boy... :-) I remember walking Galveston shore before 7 a.m. and seeing many small sharks washed up and dead. Made me realize that even in in the shallows, you are never without sharks when you are in the warm water areas. I never set foot in "wild water" after that realization. Sharks, jellyfish, Man-of-War, all sorts of things on the sand is only a small sample of what is in the water a few feet away! There are no safe sharks in my book, no more than there is a "dog that doesn't bite" in this world.
RobyHermida
Que terrible .... yo ni locoooooooooooooooooooooooo.......
Valerie-Ducom
So impressiv and very unusual sharkboy :)))) Excellent :)
alhak
i'm impressed, great shot
Mousson
AMAZING!
mairekas
So impressiv! Great shot!