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Created by doggie > 9 months ago, 7 Sep 2012
FlySurfer
NSW, 4453 posts
24 Sep 2012 3:58PM
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bah... dime a dozen... try getting this shot.





By yours truly.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
24 Sep 2012 2:06PM
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Awesome pics fly, were you in a cage?

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
24 Sep 2012 2:20PM
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Looks like the dangerous end of that shark has taken a beating over the years!

GypsyDrifter
WA, 2371 posts
24 Sep 2012 2:55PM
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Dawn Patrol said...

Looks like the dangerous end of that shark has taken a beating over the years!


Nice clear shot..great camera!

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
24 Sep 2012 2:57PM
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GypsyDrifter said...

Dawn Patrol said...

Looks like the dangerous end of that shark has taken a beating over the years!


Nice clear shot..great camera!


Go-pro on a stick

cisco
QLD, 12337 posts
24 Sep 2012 11:29PM
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doggie said...

Go-pro on a stick


Only way I would be going for the pic.

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
25 Sep 2012 12:12AM
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Just came back from climbing Mount Bowen.
This is the sunset as viewed from above the clouds



FlySurfer
NSW, 4453 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:08AM
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Camera: NEX 5N + 16mm (24mm equiv.) + housing
Location: secret
Cage: are for pussy's

I would rather jump in the water with 3 5m white pointers and a bleeding leg, than be in a room with 10 drunks.

I've swam with all the large sharks, and none have shown any aggression.
I have held a great white pectoral fin.. was described as a high 5.

These are what you all need to fear: www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/BBC4B00DFF0E942ACA2579C6000F6B15?opendocument
or at the very least these: www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/1676C30C00F8776CCA2579C6000F7064?opendocument


But not these:





This would have benefited from some strobes as I was ~25m down.

Pugwash
WA, 7671 posts
25 Sep 2012 9:16AM
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FlySurfer said...

bah... dime a dozen... try getting this shot.




Happy shark! Check out that cheesey grin! Is that how you knew it wasn't going to nom nom nom your leg?

FlySurfer
NSW, 4453 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:49AM
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Pugwash said...
Happy shark! Check out that cheesey grin! Is that how you knew it wasn't going to nom nom nom your leg?

They do have a nice smile... most idiots like to show photos of their top jaw dislocated and their teeth out, when in reality they're 99.9% smiles.

These sharks were playful/curious with no intention of aggression. I have seen more aggressive sharks, but they're in and out of the area fast and just looking for a feed before they die of starvation.
Once they've had a feed, they're like a stray dog you can even play with them.
WA had a high incident level this year bcos the South was super farking cold (more global warming?), and the poor sharks had to travel 1000's of km looking for food... when the ones that didn't starving to death reached the West coast they were in serious need of something to eat.

What would you do if your choices were:
1.- Freeze or starve to death
2.- Travel 1000's km in the hope of finding food and at least warmer weather

Remember sharks like most other marine animals get their water from their food.
Any attack on another species is out of pure necessity, or curiosity of a bobbing splashing thing in the water that isn't responding to his/her overtures.

So when a shark isn't in desperate need and you're not acting like a lure... nothing to fear, except fear itself.

I just wish there were more of these beautiful fish around

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
25 Sep 2012 9:53AM
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^ Plenty over here right now.

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 10:41AM
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Hi i am the guy That has taken all those photo's

I appreciate all the comments and yes i also Have Great white Pics. I too am a lover of great whites..

They are superb Images, I love how you have captured them in there docile state. they are magnificent and such a joy to photograph..

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:06AM
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Morphedjay said...

Hi i am the guy That has taken all those photo's

I appreciate all the comments and yes i also Have Great white Pics. I too am a lover of great whites..

They are superb Images, I love how you have captured them in there docile state. they are magnificent and such a joy to photograph..



mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:14AM
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Smokey stop these things being so "smiley and playful"
Anybody who believes a great white is "playful," is kidding themselves

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:19AM
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FlySurfer said...

Pugwash said...
Happy shark! Check out that cheesey grin! Is that how you knew it wasn't going to nom nom nom your leg?

They do have a nice smile... most idiots like to show photos of their top jaw dislocated and their teeth out, when in reality they're 99.9% smiles.

These sharks were playful/curious with no intention of aggression. I have seen more aggressive sharks, but they're in and out of the area fast and just looking for a feed before they die of starvation.
Once they've had a feed, they're like a stray dog you can even play with them.
WA had a high incident level this year bcos the South was super farking cold (more global warming?), and the poor sharks had to travel 1000's of km looking for food... when the ones that didn't starving to death reached the West coast they were in serious need of something to eat.

What would you do if your choices were:
1.- Freeze or starve to death
2.- Travel 1000's km in the hope of finding food and at least warmer weather

Remember sharks like most other marine animals get their water from their food.
Any attack on another species is out of pure necessity, or curiosity of a bobbing splashing thing in the water that isn't responding to his/her overtures.

So when a shark isn't in desperate need and you're not acting like a lure... nothing to fear, except fear itself.

I just wish there were more of these beautiful fish around


yeah the cold is pushing the whites up around the coast, at least there is a good number of Sharks at the Neptune Islands this year, My mate Andrew is reporting around 7 whites a day... so good to see...

I am like you Fly when it comes to these Magnificent animals.... Beautiful..
i just love there eyes deep blue with the hint of a lighter blue ring around there eyes... just fantastic when they stare at you...

jbshack
WA, 6913 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:32AM
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I am like you Fly when it comes to these Magnificent animals.... Beautiful..
i just love there eyes deep blue with the hint of a lighter blue ring around there eyes... just fantastic when they stare at you...


I'm pretty sure for most would get to see the colour of there eye. Especially with all the brown tinge throughout the water

FlySurfer
NSW, 4453 posts
25 Sep 2012 1:34PM
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Morphedjay said...
My mate Andrew is reporting around 7 whites a day... so good to see...


Andrew had a very dry spell June- early September with very few sightings. 7 a day's pretty good.

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:42AM
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FlySurfer said...

Morphedjay said...
My mate Andrew is reporting around 7 whites a day... so good to see...


Andrew had a very dry spell June- early September with very few sightings. 7 a day's pretty good.


yeah hope that its a good summer for them this year!!

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
25 Sep 2012 1:45PM
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Morphedjay said...

Hi i am the guy That has taken all those photo's

I appreciate all the comments and yes i also Have Great white Pics. I too am a lover of great whites..

They are superb Images, I love how you have captured them in there docile state. they are magnificent and such a joy to photograph..



Those photos of yours are stunning - all well composed and I particularly like what the long exposure does to the sea water.
Chapeau sir

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 11:46AM
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jbshack said...

I am like you Fly when it comes to these Magnificent animals.... Beautiful..
i just love there eyes deep blue with the hint of a lighter blue ring around there eyes... just fantastic when they stare at you...


I'm pretty sure for most would get to see the colour of there eye. Especially with all the brown tinge throughout the water



Nothing to be scared of, I have touched Them there not the monster everyone thinks they are, its the one you dont see is to be scared of.

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
25 Sep 2012 2:15PM
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Nice photos Flysurfer, but you are living dangerously.

Those stats you pointed to don't imply that swimming with sharks is safe. A moments thought will tell you that the normal person's exposure to those high mortality hazards is huge, hence the notable mortality rate. I doubt that you have any stats for the hazards of swimming with sharks normalized for man/hours of exposure time.

The way you write about it worries me a tad. You seem to think you understand Great Whites but there is no way that you could. I think the best way to regard dangerous wild creatures is with a good deal of circumspection. Even if you think you know you should act as if you don't.

We all remember Steve Irwin. He "knew what he was doing".

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 1:50PM
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NotWal said...

Morphedjay said...

Hi i am the guy That has taken all those photo's

I appreciate all the comments and yes i also Have Great white Pics. I too am a lover of great whites..

They are superb Images, I love how you have captured them in there docile state. they are magnificent and such a joy to photograph..



Those photos of yours are stunning - all well composed and I particularly like what the long exposure does to the sea water.
Chapeau sir




Cheers mate been photographing for a few years and love the ocean...
i teach newbie photographers the art of motion and love to help other photographers Landscapes.
I just love it!

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
25 Sep 2012 1:58PM
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^ Do some work will ya

JayBee
NSW, 714 posts
25 Sep 2012 4:05PM
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Some from a friend of mine...





www.aengusmoran.com/

Morphedjay
6 posts
25 Sep 2012 4:06PM
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I also love B&W photos....

harry potter
VIC, 2777 posts
26 Sep 2012 1:44PM
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nothing fancy...but an accidental pic with the lumix that turned out quite cool.



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