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jheleniu
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 08:56
A few sharks that didn't have the common sense to fear scuba divers! There were five of them circling around us all through the week at Elphinstone reef, Red Sea.

And yes, we went diving and snorkeling with them. However, these photographs present the sharks slightly mad since the crew decided to play with the sharks using a chunk of raw meat and some fishing line :-)
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Bruno
jheleniu
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 09:01
And another one.
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Bruno
Columbus Photo
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 09:39
Very Cool!
MazerRakhm
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 12:53
That is cool!
sparker1
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 14:26
Wonderful photos.
Mills
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 14:34
Cool shots. Can't quite figure out why you didn't jump in the water with them to get a better shot though. :rolleyes:
Fer
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 14:43
WOW... I like the 2nd one best.
jheleniu
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 01:08
I did jump in! Unfortunately I haven't got the underwater housing for my trusty ol' G3. Friends of mine had uw-housings but I can't post their pics :-(

I agree, the second one is better and I have it framed on my wall. Still, there is something about the first one too, how the shark has turned his profile towards us and the black-and-blue pilot fish is trying to keep up.
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Bruno
Maureen Souza
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 01:31
Awesome!! These came out great. I did some diving with reef sharks in Moorea but admit I was nervous....
jheleniu
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 01:49
http://www.scubamafia.com/dive/

Follow the link "Kalle Valkama". Among other uw-photos there are a couple close-up shots of these sharks. Kalle's photos are from the same site but a year later.

I have been fortunate enough to have dived with oceanic white-tips, grey reef sharks, zebra sharks, a thresher shark and manta rays on my diving trips. Anything smaller is classified as fish food :-) The Ikelite housing is just so damn expensive and in addition you'd need powerful strobes.
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Bruno