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Hammerhead being cleaned by yellow barberfish at a cleaning station, Cocos Island.

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Peter Olexa 2 years ago

Great photo :)

carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/08/04/underwater-animals/

bierdna 3 years ago

magical and powerful picture, has never seen a better picture of Hammerhead....
best whishes bierdna

MacKenzie 4 years ago

Wonderful image.

Mikael Jigmo 4 years ago

Marcus

Really a great photo, love it.

Best regards Mikael

UweMattern 4 years ago

I love the POV and the light here.

Marcus Lim Thanks Uwe,
It's only artifical light from Ikelite strobes, one either side!
Marcus

Lars Grepstad 4 years ago

This must be one of the best Hammerhead shots I've seen. Have tried on them myself, but never been that close. Perfect shot! The closest eye is a little blurred, focus / movement(?), but it just makes the shot more alive.

Marcus Lim Thank you Lars. I was using a rebreather to get close. This was the closest encounter in nearly 20 hours of diving/waiting! I used a shutter speed of 1/60 to bring out the background but the strobes managed to freeze a bit of the eye, but not enough probably. Maybe 1/80 would have been better.

Lars Grepstad Think you got it about right. I like the little blur. It makes the shot more alive.