Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
p.1 #1Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Took a short trip there and I was lucky to see quite a few thresher sharks there.
All taken with Nikon Z8, 14-30/4 in Nauticam housing. At this divesite,
no flash or artificial light source is allowed as these sharks are very shy so
available light photography only.
All taken with Nikon Z8, 14-30/4 in Nauticam housing. At this divesite,
no flash or artificial light source is allowed as these sharks are very shy so
available light photography only.
Jul 31, 2026 at 06:22 AM
p.1 #3Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Very cool - I've never seen one - thanks for sharing. 
Jul 31, 2026 at 09:12 AM
p.1 #5Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Wow! Cool pic's! How close do you have to be with a 14-30mm to get that much subject into frame? Did you pet him as he swam by? 
Eric
Eric
Jul 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
p.1 #6Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
morris wrote:
Lovely!
Morris
Thanks Morris,
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Jim Dockery wrote:
Very cool - I've never seen one - thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jim
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birdied wrote:
Neat shots
Birdie
Thanks Birdie
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Erictator wrote:
Wow! Cool pic's! How close do you have to be with a 14-30mm to get that much subject into frame? Did you pet him as he swam by?
Eric
Thanks Eric, the sharks were generally around 4-5 m away. They are actually quite long. Not including the tail, they around 1.5-2M long but are quite slim so head on shot they looked pretty tiny on 14-30 but side profile they fill the frame very nicely. 2 friends got very lucky, both quite new to scuba diving and the sharks got close to them, within arm length easily, looking at their Go Pro video. Very very jealous
One friend actually got smacked in the shoulder by the shark's tail as it turned away from him. Basically when we see them underwater, we just stop and hope they get curious and come close to us. If we try to move toward them, they tend to swim away very quickly.
Lovely!
Morris
Thanks Morris,
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Jim Dockery wrote:
Very cool - I've never seen one - thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jim
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birdied wrote:
Neat shots
Birdie
Thanks Birdie
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Erictator wrote:
Wow! Cool pic's! How close do you have to be with a 14-30mm to get that much subject into frame? Did you pet him as he swam by?
Eric
Thanks Eric, the sharks were generally around 4-5 m away. They are actually quite long. Not including the tail, they around 1.5-2M long but are quite slim so head on shot they looked pretty tiny on 14-30 but side profile they fill the frame very nicely. 2 friends got very lucky, both quite new to scuba diving and the sharks got close to them, within arm length easily, looking at their Go Pro video. Very very jealous
One friend actually got smacked in the shoulder by the shark's tail as it turned away from him. Basically when we see them underwater, we just stop and hope they get curious and come close to us. If we try to move toward them, they tend to swim away very quickly. Jul 31, 2026 at 06:52 PM
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p.1 #7Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Enjoyed these !! TFS
John
John
Jul 31, 2026 at 09:10 PM
p.1 #8Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Excellent photographs!
We rarely see underwater photos and especially of sharks.
Amazing tales on those sharks.
It's good that threshers are not interested in eating humans.
Dave
We rarely see underwater photos and especially of sharks.
Amazing tales on those sharks.
It's good that threshers are not interested in eating humans.
Dave
Jul 31, 2026 at 09:46 PM
p.1 #9Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
Very interesting. Excellent images!
Robert
Robert
Aug 01, 2026 at 05:15 AM
p.1 #10Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
johnohio wrote:
Enjoyed these !! TFS
John
Thanks John
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dclark wrote:
Excellent photographs!
We rarely see underwater photos and especially of sharks.
Amazing tales on those sharks.
It's good that threshers are not interested in eating humans.
Dave
Thanks Dave. Majority of sharks are more afraid of human, especially divers. Most of the time, they keep away from divers and are rather difficult to photograph. Even tiger sharks, bull sharks or ocean white tips that are considered dangerous, there are quite a few places where you can dive with them and are very safe (unless you do something stupid of course ).
Next year I am planning a trip with cage diving with great white, that should be a lot of fun hopefully.
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bs kite wrote:
Very interesting. Excellent images!
Robert
Thanks Robert.
Enjoyed these !! TFS
John
Thanks John
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dclark wrote:
Excellent photographs!
We rarely see underwater photos and especially of sharks.
Amazing tales on those sharks.
It's good that threshers are not interested in eating humans.
Dave
Thanks Dave. Majority of sharks are more afraid of human, especially divers. Most of the time, they keep away from divers and are rather difficult to photograph. Even tiger sharks, bull sharks or ocean white tips that are considered dangerous, there are quite a few places where you can dive with them and are very safe (unless you do something stupid of course
).Next year I am planning a trip with cage diving with great white, that should be a lot of fun hopefully.
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bs kite wrote:
Very interesting. Excellent images!
Robert
Thanks Robert.
Aug 02, 2026 at 07:19 PM
p.1 #11Thresher sharks, Malapascua, the Philippines
These are wonderful. No. 2 is my favorite.
Greg
Greg
Aug 02, 2026 at 08:23 PM