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Challenge: Best of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Gansbay, Cape Town, South Africa.
Date: Feb 27, 2011
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2012

Raw and LR 4.

Exactly 20 days after my second operation. Brave enough, or again stupid enough, to go out to sea and find the big ones.
Hope this on breaks my bad luck. I need the confidence!

I have the whole attack in a sequence, should actually make a something of it some day.

Thanks Wilfred and Hennie, greatest days of my life with you guys.

Dyer Island Cruises
Marine Dynamics
bookings@whalewatchsa.com
dive@sharkwatchsa.com



Statistics
Place: 95 out of 410
Avg (all users): 6.3128
Avg (commenters): 7.3929
Avg (participants): 6.2595
Avg (non-participants): 6.5476
Views since voting: 660
Views during voting: 512
Votes: 227
Comments: 32
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/01/2012 09:33:48 AM
You really have to stop hanging around these places. Nice catch.
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02/24/2012 06:59:05 AM
What an awesome time you must have had! This is so impressive I can't get over that this wasn't on the front page.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/23/2012 02:26:44 PM
That's quite an image! There's a few people I know who would love to have something like this in their portfolios.
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02/23/2012 09:54:29 AM
scary. almost too close for comfort..hehe

(voted earlier)
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02/23/2012 06:56:07 AM
Geez!! : o
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02/23/2012 01:45:05 AM
Rather you than me taking this photograph. I'm not quite too sure what's going on with the frame but I don't think this picture needed one
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02/22/2012 11:02:46 PM
Found ME you did. Ummm. Great stop motion capture, with all the droplets of water frozen mid-air. The offset frame adds tension to the shot.
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02/21/2012 10:09:08 AM
Isn't it crazy seeing this in person?
Unfortunately, it seems you may have had the same problem I had on a similar trip: no polarizing filter to reduce the glare and give more impact to the shark.
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02/20/2012 04:10:49 PM
great capture!
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02/19/2012 09:49:22 PM
Looks to be coming right out of the frame. Great action shot.
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02/19/2012 12:30:34 PM
Yikes!!!
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02/18/2012 02:06:56 AM
Great timing on this capture. Way over-sharpened....not sure if you could have toned that down and still get some details in the water and shark. However, that is a once in a lifetime capture of that amazing creature.

(voted earlier, commenting now)
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02/17/2012 06:00:04 PM
Now that's cool and a bit scary!
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02/17/2012 05:25:05 PM
Oh, wow! Great shot!
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02/17/2012 02:57:51 PM
this is on my bucket list, so jealous. Great shot!
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02/16/2012 09:31:47 AM
Excellent, exciting capture! I'll be looking for this after the challenge to see where you took it. 10 from me.
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02/16/2012 08:53:03 AM
wow... so scary!!! I can't imagine how will I feel if this fella jump out near me.
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02/14/2012 11:45:09 PM
Great action shot! Border's a little whacked, but I didn't deduct for that.
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02/14/2012 10:19:50 PM
border detracts - let this guy do the talking! gl
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02/14/2012 01:29:18 PM
awesome. i dont think i've ever seen a great white shark picture on this site, extra points!
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02/14/2012 12:39:16 PM
Best in show award, Wow!
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02/14/2012 03:44:20 AM
A dangerous moment and you executed it well...great pic.
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02/13/2012 11:50:43 PM
The crew had been chumming the water for several hours. But no luck, the star of the show just wasn't to be found. Lynn had hoped the Great White could be filmed for her special on sharks.
"Hey Lynn!" shouted Tory her co-host from the other side of the deck, "maybe you should toss in a year's salary! I'm sure a bucketload of clams will get him to come out of his dressing room."
Lynn made a sour face at Tory's joke. It was a direct dig at how much more she made than him. She leaned over the railing to take one last look at the ocean's surface. At that moment, a crew member tossed some chum in and the great white broke the surface just a couple of feet from her face. Lynn sputtered out a profanity as she jumped and fell backwards on deck.

Holy crap! A sight like this would startle me out of my socks! This must have been a sight to experience, I'm sure. Great capture of the action - one I would personally not want to be physically close too.
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02/13/2012 09:51:15 PM
A perfect capture marred by oversharpening. What an experience
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02/13/2012 08:07:59 PM
This way too close for comfort... :)
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02/12/2012 10:51:23 AM
watch out, a little too close for comfort
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02/12/2012 03:12:44 AM
i hope you were using a long lens for this. nice catch.
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02/11/2012 09:17:21 PM
whoa!! Majorly cool!
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02/10/2012 12:23:22 PM
Awesome Capture, Nice freeze of the action!
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02/10/2012 11:46:48 AM
oh, wow! You cannot fail to be impressed by it.
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02/10/2012 10:43:44 AM
Wow, this is frightening.
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02/10/2012 10:12:52 AM
WOAH!!!!! He's almost 3D~~
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