Sandro Cesar The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) Shot with Camera Canon PowerShot G9 + patima camera housing + 2 flash Sea&Sea Ys 90 - ISO200 - F5,6 - 1/160 In Wolf Island (is a small island in the Galapagos)
Sandro Cesar Galapagos
Scubashooters Dot Net Hi Sandro! thanks and welcome! Nice shot! Can you tell us a little bit more? What shark? what camera? which settings? thanks!!! :)
Sandro Cesar The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) Shot with Camera Canon PowerShot G9 + patima camera housing + 2 flash Sea&Sea Ys 90 - ISO200 - F5,6 - 1/160 In Wolf Island (is a small island in the Galapagos)
Elly Jeurissen Get out of my way.... !
Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) @ Oslob, Cebu, Philippines
Canon G11 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing.
F4; 1/400; ISO 80, ambient light
Iris Dielhenn Wonderful, Elly! I LOVE them! :-)
Stephen Williams Excellent :-)
Ernst Andres <3 <3 <3
Annie Bodar superbe merci
Stuart Pearce Beautiful :)
Elly Jeurissen Thanks for the likes and nice comments everyone ^_^
Sandro Cesar The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) Shot with Camera Canon PowerShot G9 + patima camera housing + 2 flash Sea&Sea Ys 90 - ISO200 - F5,6 - 1/160 In Wolf Island (is a small island in the Galapagos)
Sandro Cesar Galapagos
Scubashooters Dot Net Hi Sandro! thanks and welcome! Nice shot! Can you tell us a little bit more? What shark? what camera? which settings? thanks!!! :)
Sandro Cesar The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) Shot with Camera Canon PowerShot G9 + patima camera housing + 2 flash Sea&Sea Ys 90 - ISO200 - F5,6 - 1/160 In Wolf Island (is a small island in the Galapagos)
Eric Cheng Holy botella. A "botella" is a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) that has gone vertical at the surface, where it sits, stationary, gulping plankton and air. I had been looking for a good botella encouter during all of the 15 days I've spent in the water with whale sharks in Isla Mujeres. Finally, I got one today. The shark was completely vertical in the water, and after I approached carefully, she decided that I was not a threat and continued to feed at the surface. Finally, another whale shark ran into her, and she took off at high speedâ€"the fastest I've ever seen a whale shark move!
I feel so fortunate.
See the whole album for more. Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100699527577923.1073741851.224781&type=1&l=8c33698bca
Dee Wescott Great Shot, however and I'm glad you had such a fantastic encounter!
Stefan Follows Fly by and Why?
Why do Whale Sharks have such an amazing pattern? Can not be camouflage right? If it is camouflage from what? Always perplexed me this and would love to know your ideas.....
Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus
G10-iso100-f3.5-1/100 (in truly horrible viz!)
Fantasea Wide adapter
Bert Stankowski sun spots?
Ernst Andres The white dots are probably for camouflage in the plankton rich water.
Bert Stankowski But! Protection from what enemy?
Ernst Andres Natural predators have whale sharks probably not as far as I know. Your skin is special, with veins, muscles and colors developed. You also do not eat only plankton as it always is. Sometimes even fishing. They belong to the type of nurse sharks, have a flat stomach and can dig.
Stefan Follows Ernst I like it. So, you think they evolved/adapted from bottom dwellers?
Ernst Andres I think so it will have the intended nature. In my opinion, but certainly I'm not there. Maybe Ron White, Stuart or anyone else about it even more.
Stuart Pearce Apparently the dark dorsal surface and lighter ventral surface explanation could be - "Another possibility is that these pigment patterns could be an adaptation for radiation shielding, important in a species that may spend a significant proportion of time in surface waters possibly exposed to high levels of ultraviolet radiation" (Whale Shark website). Another interesting one I have just seen is that the spots are as individual as a fingerprint, and using recognition software individuals can be identified and tracked. My theory on the spots is that it breaks up the outline of the critter when feeding for approaching from below :)
Stefan Follows Stuart I like your theory....actually, I like them all so far! Maybe more than one answer?
Stuart Pearce All just theories, still an awful lot that needs to be explained :)
Ernst Andres And that's what I love about nature. Very mysterious, imaginative and open to all. <3
Stefan Follows The Twins
Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus
Sail Rock, Thailand
Canon G10-500-f4-iso80
With a little Lightroom 5 monkey business ;)
Jeab Chalit Wow,cool,When did you get this picture?
Stefan Follows Jeab I took this a couple of years ago at one of our main dive sites 'Sail Rock'. I've revisiting some of my old pictures as Lightroom like myself have improved ;)
