Photo of Animalia: Greynurse Shark (species: Carcharias taurus)

Greynurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) portrait

© John Turnbull

This shot is taken with a wide angle lens; the image is uncropped. What you see here is the real picture of how close the shark came. Lucky it was a docile grey nurse! I used no strobe or lighting in order to not disturb the sharks in the cave, hence the blue cast and rustic quality of the image. Magic Point, Sydney

Photo taken on 28 Dec 2014