Juvenile Oceanic whitetip shark.

On occasions when surfing the web for some photographic inspiration, I come across photographers that can really touch your soul with their work. I would like to direct you to a truely inspirational underwater photographer, John Scarlett. In particular his pictoral essay on loving sharks.

Only too often when speaking to people that I come in contact with and start talking about what we do, the first question is, “But what about the sharks, have you ever been attacked?” I smile and just put their ignorance down to a lack of education. Of course I try hard to educate, but I am always left thinking, are they walking away thinking “crazy fool!”

Our mission statement  is to convey the beauty that lies beneath and to target those who do not know about the natural treasures that are so often overlooked and destroyed in the quest for global expansion.

You don’t think Sharks come into this category? Take a look at some of Johns’ work, also absorb the narration.

For the un-educated, I hope you change your mind.

Loving Sharks | A Pictoral essay by John Scarlett

Starting the “From around the web” category is this wonderful photo story by Thomas P. Peschak, for those not in the know, Mr Peschak is the Chief Photographer of the “Save our Seas” foundation.

Here, Thomas has documented the feeding behaviour of the Manta Rays of Hanifaru marine protected area, situated in the Maldives. Amongst the 200 Manta rays there are a dozen whales Sharks thrown in for good measure. Some fantastic video and inspirational photos, watch out for the close up shot of the manta’s mouth at 03:36 into the video.

Feeding Frenzy-Manta Rays of the Maldives from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo.

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