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Hammerheads

This picture of Scalloped Hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) was shot in Cocos Island, Costa Rica. We were having a bad week for hammerheads, and hadn't seen many, but fortunately I found this group by wandering off on my own at a divesite called Alcyone.

Scalloped Hammerheads grow to around 10 feet long and are primarily nocturnal pelagic feeders, coming in close to the reef to get cleaned by the smaller fish that inhabit the reefs.

Scalloped Hammerheads

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Sharks are normally pretty tough to get close to, but in the right conditions, they come close!

Here a Grey Reef Shark was swimming in between a group of divers in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.

The Story Behind...

This shot of a Hummingbird was taken in the Cloud Forest of Ecuador, it took several hours of patient waiting with the camera and heavy telephoto lens. I shot about a hundred photos, but this one jumped out to me when i got back to my laptop, and is the only image i have used from the set.
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