Niihau shark scenery
A Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), a species classified as vulnerable for conservation purposes, crosses my path on a submerged pinnacle at the Vertical Awareness dive site off Niihau Island, Hawaii. A second Sandbar Shark is visible over the horizon on the right side of the frame. There are a couple of scuba divers to the left of center. Photographed while scuba diving with Seasports Divers of Poipu, Kauai using a Nikon D3X camera in a Seacam underwater housing equipped with a Nikonos RS 20-35mm lens that had been modified by Seacam set at 20mm. As well, two Retra standard strobes fitted with shark diffussors were use for artfical illumination (of the foreground).
