Took a trip to Southern Leyte, Visayas & Malapascua, Philippines to see Thresher and Whale sharks among other beautiful creatures aboard the Philippines Siren.
Had a great experience with threshers and my first time seeing them. Being still and not finning towards them allowed them to be curious and come closer and investigate bubble blowers.
Here's a video of the experience. Lost my first drone on this trip! But, managed to recover it from it's water death and get the files off the SD card.
Very nice. It was hypnotizing.
Nice vid! Looks like you used a light to shoot the threshers. My understanding is that this is verboten.
12 minutes ago, Tom_Kline said:
Nice vid! Looks like you used a light to shoot the threshers. My understanding is that this is verboten.
Thanks Tom. The thresher and whale shark footage was taken using ambient light only. No lights.
2 hours ago, tobyone said:
Very nice. It was hypnotizing.
ThanksTobyone!
11 minutes ago, stphnmartin said:
Thanks Tom. The thresher and whale shark footage was taken using ambient light only. No lights.
When the shark turns at 1:02 to 1:03 it looks very much like a reflection of a horizontal light source. As well I understand they are usually seen at depth (>20m) where ambient light is rather diffuse.
14 minutes ago, Tom_Kline said:
When the shark turns at 1:02 to 1:03 it looks very much like a reflection of a horizontal light source. As well I understand they are usually seen at depth (>20m) where ambient light is rather diffuse.
Oh, look at that. You got me! Busted!
You are 100% incorrect. No lights were used.
The threshers filmed were on a shoal at a cleaning station about 50-60 feet iirc. It was a sunny day and the viz was okay with some hazy, fine particulate.
1 hour ago, stphnmartin said:
Oh, look at that. You got me! Busted!
You are 100% incorrect. No lights were used.
The threshers filmed were on a shoal at a cleaning station about 50-60 feet iirc. It was a sunny day and the viz was okay with some hazy, fine particulate.
Truth! I was there to witness, no lights or strobes were used by anyone. These sharks really do catch the light, and seem very reflective. I got a few really good still photos in ambient light, with a bit of white balance and de-saturation work to adjust for the color cast.
beautiful images and editing!
The thresher shark is unbelievable.
Some of the best thresher shark short clip and with a micro four third you were priviledges it was not super deep excellent
You can see the benefit of shooting log in that scenes as it manages the highlights very well and at the same time shadows are perfect
I like very much the topside and the shark some of the other clips I do not particularly like the color of the water but I guess this is an outcome of log and the conditions themselves
This is fantastic, just about the best collection of all the hits from macro to whale sharks and threshers. It sure triggered a lot of good memories for me.
The thresher sequence is indeed beautiful, and I agree about how they shimmer and catch the light That must have been at an alternative site in Malapascua from the usual Monad shoal, which we dove at dawn at about 30m so very dim.
Thanks for sharing!
35 minutes ago, troporobo said:
That must have been at an alternative site in Malapascua from the usual Monad shoal, which we dove at dawn at about 30m so very dim.
I remember they said that this was a new location that everyone was using now. Perhaps the sharks changed their patterns?
43 minutes ago, davehicks said:
I remember they said that this was a new location that everyone was using now. Perhaps the sharks changed their patterns?
They're on Kimud shoal now.
Tiger sharks as well as bull sharks have been reported on Monad Shoal (the original spot where the threshers were seen), it is believed that the thresher sharks moved for that reason.
