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  • A playful juvenile California sea lion blows bubbles at me. These are amazingly curious animals and a dive with them is guaranteed to be a great time!
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  • This California sea lion chose a particularly photogenic spot for his morning playtime. In some languages, sea lions are called "sea dogs" and when watching them play it's not hard to see why! They pick up rocks, shells, starfish or anything else they can find, take their new toy to the surface and drop it, chasing it on the way down and sometimes encouraging divers to join in on the fun by "passing" their toy!
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  • This enormous school of jacks can be seen regularly at Cabo Pulmo National Park, a marine protected area in the south of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. This area used to be almost dead due to overfishing, until the park was introduced and life bounced back in the most extraordinary fashion! It is now one of the most successful conservation projects in the world!
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  • A young California sea lion playing with a starfish.
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  • A young California sea lion playing with a starfish.
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  • Striped marlin, skipjack tuna, California sea lion and a sailfish all preying on a bait ball.
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  • Image taken with a Nikon D500 and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in a Nauticam housing. Illuminated using two Inon Z-240 strobes.<br />
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Check out my other images on www.hk-underwater.com
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  • Two striped marlin herd a sardine baitball. Seeing these guys hunt in the dozens has been the highlight of my week in Bahía Magdalena, Mexico. We also saw whales, makos, breaching threshers, dolphins, mahi mahi, countless turtles and lots and lots of sea lions. More pics to follow!
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  • Last week, I finally got to tick off one of my favourite sharks from my "animals I want to see" list, the shortfin mako! These are believed to be the fastest sharks (although now, some claim it might be the salmon shark) and their big, black eyes and crazy-looking jaws certainly add to their appeal. Here, one can be seen sharing the water, and the afternoon sun, with photographer extraordinaire Fabrice Guerin!<br />
That day, we saw three different individuals in the water (including a tiny baby, maybe 70cm long, but just as confident as the larger ones), and many more breaching!<br />
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Image taken with a Nikon D500 and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in a Nauticam housing. Natural light only.<br />
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Check out my other images on www.hk-underwater.com
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  • This bull shark brought his whole entourage to say hello to the divers. Image taken last Sunday at Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico.
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  • Nick and Chris of Pro Photo Baja sharing this moment with a beautiful male bull shark.
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  • A diver admiring one of the amazing coral heads in Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico. This Marine Protected Area offers an astonishing biodiversity. In order to protect this natural treasure, strict park rules are enforced by all dive operations, including temporarily closing certain, heavily frequented dive sites.
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  • fast track to extinction<br />
shark fishing camp
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  • Some more whales from Magdalena Bay last week. Remember how I said they weren't the prettiest?
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  • Last Monday I had my very first encounter with what for me is the most beautiful of all sharks: the blue shark. These extremely elegant, pelagic animals are unfortunately a rare sighting in many parts of the world these days, due to the high demand for shark fins and other products. Their large pectoral fins make them a prime target for shark fishing worldwide and their lifestyle makes it fairly easy to catch them. Did you know that Spain is one of the top exporters of shark products? We Europeans tend to regard China as the source of all evil when it comes to shark-related issues, yet we're still very much part of the problem!  The IUCN currently lists the blue shark as near threatened. The last assessment, however, was made in 2005, so numbers are likely lower today, as commercial fishing continues largely unhindered.
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  • Winner of the Underwater Seascapes category of the United Nations World Oceans Day 2020 Photo Competition.
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  • Sea urchins come in all colours and variations. This particular one truly amazed me with its pitch black exoskeleton and orange/white spines. Along with the white tips of its tube feet this to me resembles a city at night as viewed from above.
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  • I have only recently discovered my appreciation for blennies, but aren't they just super cute?!
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  • Yesterday I had the pleasure to share the water with a maximum of 6 silky sharks at the same time. Conditions were pretty rough but the sharks more than made up for the bounciness and strong currents.
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  • This super cute blenny posed for me in only about 4m of water in the Sea of Cortez. It's not easy to steady yourself in even the slightest swell at that depth, while being super close to the subject and while avoiding damage to the reef and the camera. If anybody knows what species this little fella is, please do let me know. I still have a lot to learn about the tiny inhabitants of the sea!
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  • Following my previous post, this is yet another slightly more creative image. Using a slow shutter speed combined with flash blurs the background and shows the motion of the subject. Inspired by Nick More's stunning blurry blues. If you haven't yet seen his award-winning image from Cornwall in the UK, make sure you check it out now!
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