Scuba Diving – September 2019

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FLORENT GOODEN

GUADALUPE ISLAND,

MEXICO

BEHIND THE SHOT: This was on

the second day of cage diving

along the coast of Guadalupe

Island in Mexico. There had not

been much action since the

morning, but staying as long as

possible in the cold water finally

paid off when a huge 17-foot

great white shark showed up.

It came to check the tuna bait ,

then disappeared in the deep.

Using the proper hunting behav-

ior of the great whites, it came

up at full speed and breached to

get the tuna. It went so fast that

I almost didn’t see it coming,

giving me just enough time to

adjust my framing as it entered

the water with jaws wide open

in a massive splash, creating all

these bubbles around it.

CAMERA GEAR: Canon 1DX Mark

II in an AquaTech housing; Canon

24mm f/1.4 lens

SETTINGS: f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 400

PRIZE: Tr ip aboar d Roatan

Aggressor

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