Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, Canon 11-24mm f/4L USM lens, Seacam housing and Seaflash 160 strobes
Réglages: 1/125 sec, f/22, ISO 500
Location: Moreton Island, northeast of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
My husband and I stopped in Brisbane, Australia, for a few days on the way home from Papua New Guinea. We visited Moreton Island, the world’s third-largest island composed predominantly of sand and home to the 15 Tangalooma wrecks that the government purposefully sunk as artificial reefs between the 1960s and 1980s.
While photographing the wrecks throughout the day, I noticed a few wobbegong sharks, but they were difficult to photograph as they rested under ledges or in sheltered spots. Wobbegong is the common name for carpet sharks, which can pump water over their gills, allowing them to remain stationary, unlike most sharks that need to keep swimming to obtain oxygen.
One wobbegong unexpectedly emerged from a wreck while I was photographing fish and birds at sunset. Fortunately, I was already set up to shoot this scene and was able to capture the shark swimming by.
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