Tiger Shark on Blue

I recently had an encounter with a majestic tiger shark off the north shore

of Oahu. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Seems a bit soft but since I have never done under water shot it's just my un-exerience opinion. I like the presentation and the rays, a bit more room on the left and a bit less room on the right would be better, I think. TFS!

Jeff: Great shot.  Were you in a cage?  If not, you're nuts!  Alan.

Thanks Alan.  No cage.  There were two tigers and they were gorgeous!

Well, where was the other when you were shooting this one?  You ought to tell more about how this all came about.  It would be a good story to go with the photo.

The whole thing was quite unbelievable.  We were motoring along when we came across a floating pig carcass.  One timid tiger was already on scene but both the divers and the shark were being overly cautious.  Then, out of nowhere, a trio of humpback whales swung by to see what the commotion was all about.  If you've ever been in the water with a whale, it is an awesome, all consuming experience.  They swung by at what seemed like mach 5 and disappeared.  Thinking the encounter was over, I looked over at my buddy and watched as three huge flukes waved goodbye right behind him.  He completely missed the encore.  I got one photo of the whales that was so bad, I am too embarrassed to show it to anyone.  Once the whales left, the tiger shark came back with a vengeance.  We played with it for about 15 minutes before his friend showed up and started getting ballsy.  We divers were already comfortable after studying the first shark for a while, so we all lined up to spend the next hour watching the animals rip into the pig.  By the end of the encounter, my friends and I had all hugged/rode the accommodating tigers and I came away with some incredible shots and absolutely no adrenaline left to pump through the veins.  Like I said, unbelievable but that is the nature of the ocean-just awesome.

Jeff: Pretty amazing story.  I'd love to have been on that dive.  Alan.

Beautiful shot; love the light filtering down through the water. Sounds like an amazing experience - no wonder you had no adrenaline left! Thank you for sharing your photo and your story! :)

Well, I'd have nothing left too.... lunch! ;-)  Great shot... Mike