Angel of the Sea
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martina23000 3 years ago
Wonderful capture! Mantas sometimes come to Adriatic sea - my father, the fisherman once saw one making acrobatic jumps... too bad he didn't have a camera to capture that :-) Cheers,

Martina
Diana 3 years ago
wow, what a formation they provided you with too
Fabrizio Barbanti 3 years ago
Arriva silenzioso,
un fruscio d'ali in un turbinio di bolle,
l'angelo del mare è qui dinnanzi a te,
per annunciarti la vita,
come va vissuta senza affanno,
senza fretta, senza stress,
la vera vita dell'uomo,
raccontata da un angelo del mare.
Fabrizio Barbanti
Una piccola poesiola dedicata ad una foto bellissima.
Dragan M. Babovic 3 years ago
It looks so unreal, like something from another world, another space. Bravo.
Michael AW  Thank Q for the kind words; they are the sirens of the sea.
Biliana 3 years ago
Great!
mm767cap 3 years ago
I've seen these guys looping and dancing off the coast of Hawaii, and its magnificent... as is this image. Brilliant
Dmitry Plotnikoff 3 years ago
wow.
perfect.
Not many people get to see things like this in a lifetime. Thanks for sharing the moment and truly amazing photo!
Shlomi Nissim 3 years ago
nice symmetry!
asghar besharati 3 years ago
very good www.photobesharat.blogfa.com
flo 4 years ago
so lovely and a sort of calm..
Valeria M. Bazzan 4 years ago
Simply outstanding, a wonderful capture!
Remo Rufer 4 years ago
stunning capture!
Anne Lene Baanrud 4 years ago
So lovely Michael, really an exellent shot!
All the best Anne Lene
Michael AW  Thank Q Anne and all who took time to write; this is one of those magic moments that left me quite breathless.
Stefan Nielsen 4 years ago
Amazing shot - almost an abstract until you look a little closer :)
Allan Wallberg 4 years ago
Fantastic shot, great capture.
Patrick Moser 4 years ago
Scary and yet so powerful!

Same thought with noise reduction as with one of your previous posts.

Just a thought
Justin Hofman 4 years ago
I like that the "devil fish" is the angel of the sea. To me the remoras make this photo. The manta is amazing with that graceful loop it's doing, but the remoras are in the perfect arrangement. Just great, I'm quite jealous you got to see this feeding behavior.
Michael AW  Thank Q for kind comments; this shot capture with natural light - i was free diving to about 10m - one of those magical day
Ralf Stelander 4 years ago
I hardly believe my eyes, what an amazing unique capture!
Michael AW  Thank you for kind words; mantas are another amazing animal that can literally leave you quite breathless - on most encounters, you don;t even have to be a diver. They feed and interact near the surface.
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Equipment
NIKON D2X
Location
Coral Coast, W Australia
Date
20050308
Tags
MANTA, RAY
Unique views
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Comments
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Category
Underwater
 
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