2nd Place Wide Angle
Daniel Nicholson
“The Hunt“
The Story: A grey reef shark parts the tide of bait fish. In a very rare occurrence, a large shiver of sharks had herded this school of bait fish into the shallow passageways of the Ningaloo Reef. With the fish trapped here, nearly a hundred sharks spent hours in a feeding frenzy. After swimming around this bait ball for nearly an hour, I finally plucked up the courage to dive into the middle of it. Being in its midst was electrifying, with sharks darting in every direction whilst hunting. I had only fractions of a second to capture this shot, as the shark sped past me less than a metre away, intent on its next mouthful of fish.
Location: Big Blue Dive Site, Ningaloo Reef, Australia
Equipment Used: Sony A7R III, Tamron 17-28mm D2.8 Lens, Seafrog Hhousing with 8″ Dome Port
Camera Settings: ISO 640, F6.3, 1/640 sec
