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Alex GoldblumSailfish re-entering the water with sardine in mouth
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Jean-Louis Courteau"Gentle Giant" ...feeding in the waters of Agua Azul, off Isla Mujeres
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Jason Decaires TaylorUnderwater sculpture planted with live fire coral
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Bob JeannettiChristmas tree worms
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Shane GrossWhale shark reflection
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Andy LernerSailfish on the hunt
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Shane GrossAtlantic Sailfish feeding off Isla Mujeres. Nikon D90, Tokina 10-17 @10mm
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Aileen CaffreyMr Tibbs.......Annual Whale Shark Aggregation North of Isla Blanca Cancun Mexico
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Shane GrossBig Gulp
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Alejandro TopeteSail Fish hunting, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Alejandro TopeteSail fish Hunting sardine, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Alejandro TopeteBig Mouth, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Alejandro TopeteSailfish ready to hunt, Isla Mujeres Mexico
Niconos V, 15 mm, ASA 400
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Alejandro TopeteHunting sardine, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Alejandro TopetePelicans waiting food, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Petteri ViljakainenWhale shark incoming! Canon 7D. Tokina 10-17.
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Petteri ViljakainenPhotographing the whale shark. Canon 7D. Tokina 10-17.
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Petteri ViljakainenBlack manta and photographers. Canon 7D. Tokina 10-17.
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Petteri ViljakainenSelf portrait.
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Ellen CuylaertsWhaloo
First encounter with whale sharks was incredible. The aggregation at Isla Mujeres is worth a visit!
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Ellen CuylaertsA dream within a dream
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Ellen CuylaertsManta rolling during the yearly whale shark feeding aggregation in Isla Mujeres
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Dave HuntFeeding whaleshark off Isla de Mujeres with snorkelers in background.
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Ellen CuylaertsVertical
When whale sharks feed vertical, they're even more spectacular;-).
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Alejandro TopeteWhale Shark, Isla Mujeres Mexico
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Ellen CuylaertsSo happy together (me &you & you & me)
During the yearly feeding aggregation of whalesharks, I spotted two passing me and I could only think about this song!
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Ellen CuylaertsLa botella
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Ellen CuylaertsManta train
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Ellen CuylaertsFata Morgana
Would have loved to capture a manta breach but this ons was swimming 'belly-up' at to surface, which allowed me to rotate the image and create the illusion of a manta flight.
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Ellen CuylaertsManta up & close
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Ellen CuylaertsCurves
Whaleshark positioning itself for vertical feeding behavior (botella)
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Ellen CuylaertsWhaleshark in Isla Mujeres, seemed to be carried by rays of light
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Ellen CuylaertsFreedom
Barrel rolling manta during whale shark feeding aggregation visit in Isla Mujeres
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Ellen CuylaertsThe essence
'Love in its essence is spiritual fire.'
Seneca
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Ellen CuylaertsIt fills 50% of the frame so that fits the macro category, but the subject was larger than 1ft: whaleshark mouth with remora inside on a sunny day!
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Petteri ViljakainenEye of a whale shark
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Peter AllinsonSailfish run about 30-40 miles off the coast of Isla de Mujeres. Freediving
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Peter AllinsonAbout 10-20 miles off the coast of Cancun, we found a few dorado and jumped in
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Peter AllinsonTaken about 10-20 miles off the coast of Cancun, we were trolling for white marlin using hookless baits, brought this one up from the depths and jumped int.
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Petteri ViljakainenWhale shark silouette
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Petteri ViljakainenNikon vs. Loggerhead
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Peter AllinsonPhoto taken about 10-20 miles off the Cancun coast.
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Peter Allinsonphoto taken while snorkeling about 10-20 miles off the coast of Cancun, Mexico
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Peter AllinsonSailfish hunting sardines
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Peter AllinsonSailfish hunting sardines about 50 miles off the coast of isla de mujeres, using a nikon aw1.
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Peter AllinsonManta swimming off the coast of Isal Mujeres
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Peter AllinsonSailfish closeup
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Peter AllinsonManta off the coast of isla mujeres
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Steven MillerWhaleshark eye contact. No strobes allowed so close focus with a wide lens and the sun at your back helps.
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Steven MillerWhaleshark Over/Under
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Martin FerakFace to face
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Martin FerakImpact
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Martin FerakBaitball management
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Steven MillerPure.
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Steven MillerSpooky
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Steven MillerBonito eggs happily don't show up as much as some plankton- you can see them streaked because of the panning of the camera- even at 160th second shutter. I applied a soft vignette in white and desaturated.
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Henry SchmitzBaby in Blue. Came across this rather small whale shark while swimming with whale sharks in Mexico.
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Steven MillerSilhouette,. they turn when you dive down to them, I don't remember that last year because there were so many.
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Steven Millerholding still for me- I think they are gulping eggs in a raft, as opposed to swimming through clouds then turning to pass back through again.
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Steven MillerGirl with Whaleshark
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Shane GrossA tourist boat looks on as a whale shark feeds at the surface.
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Ken KieferMy friend snorkeling down next to a whale shark.
Canon 5D3 w/ 8-15mm fisheye
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Steven MillerThe Manta train
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Steven Millerthey were everywhere, came for Whalesharks!
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Conor Culver"Cloud Filter" Whale Sharks filter through 1500 gallons of water a day. Part of my Underwater Surrealism series
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Musa Museum Subaquatico
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Manchones Wreck
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Manchones Wreck
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Reef
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Musa Museum Subaquatico
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Canonero 58 Wreck
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Lord Helmet Reef Block
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Reef
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Reef
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Canonero 55 Wreck
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Mathias WeckMexico - Isla Mujeres - Eagle Rays
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Steven MillerShark infested water, clear and blue
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Tanya HouppermansGenial Leviathan
A whale shark off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Tanya HouppermansGet Your Mantas In A Row
Three manta rays swim in a line near Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
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Tanya HouppermansHey, Wait For Me!
Two manta rays near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Tanya HouppermansSeeing Spots
A whale shark near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Tanya HouppermansTitan
A whale shark near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Theresa GuiseManta magic / Manta rays off the coast of Isla Mujeres perform a striking show. Canon 5DMIII, Nauticam housing, Canon 8-15mm fisheye @15mm, Zen 230 dome port
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Conor Culver"The Hunt" part of my Underwater Surrealism series. Panorama shot of the sailfish hunting a bait ball in open air
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Alejandro TopeteWhale Shark close, Isla Contoy Mexico
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Raoul CaprezLunch time
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Glenn OstleA snorkeler seems caught between a whale shark and his reflection. Taken in Isla Mujeres,Mexico, using a D7200 and 10.2 fisheye lens.
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Glenn OstleSetting up for a whale shark shot...shoot and get out of the way.
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Hannes KlostermannAdios Amigo! - A Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming away after a close pass.
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Conor Culver"Old Man and the Sea" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. Image is referencing Ernest Hemingway's famous novel by the same name.