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Caribbean Reef Shark Photo

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Latitude: 27° 0' 27.82" N, Longitude: 79° 9' 14.75" W, Coord: 27.007728°, -79.1541°
Filed under: Photo of the Day on 11/14/2006

This Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) was shot late afternoon on a seamount in the Northern Bahamas. There were so many reef sharks it was crazy. They smelled the small bait box that I was sitting on and were quite bold, bouncing off my shoulders, tank, my head and arms and strobes, the whole bit. I shot machine gun style, hoping the strobes would recycle fast enough to keep up, in this shot only the top strobe fired which left some pretty deep shadows. I was not even certain if the shots were in focus as it was getting dark, hard to see, and I was not as thoughtful as I would have liked to have been in composing the images. This was my favorite shot of the bunch.

Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout., Carcharhinus perezi, Copyright Phillip Colla, image #10550, all rights reserved worldwide.
Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. Bahamas.
Image: 10550  
Species: Carcharhinus perezi
Location: Bahamas
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