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:: Wednesday, May 11th, 2005 @ 12:54:28 pm

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Sebastien Bertaut with Grey Reef Shark, Apataki, French Polynesia

For the first time, I have footage of me photographing sharks! Our kick-ass dive guide and shark guy Sebastien Bertaut (pictured, above) gave me this footage. We’re at Apataki Pass, one of the last remaining places with schooling reef sharks in large numbers. Apataki is unique because the grey reef sharks there actually school in formation during the day (as opposed to places like Fakarava’s south pass, where there were hundreds of sharks milling around in a more chaotic fashion). I had never seen anything like it.

The video is 1 minute long, and is in DivX .AVI format. Please don’t abuse my bandwidth.

DOWNLOAD: [divx smaller 3mb] [divx larger 9.5mb]* (to watch, use Media Player 10 or Divx Player)

5/26/05 UPDATE: [h.264 mpg 480x384]
I did this H.264 encode just for Victor A. But I’m still not sure why the same bitrate produces bigger files when I encode with H.264. (They look good, though).

Also, I’m working on getting my French Polynesia images online — and as well, journals from Kona, the bluefin tuna farm, Rajah Ampat, and the Farallons. I’m just a little bit behind.

* with apologies to Victor A., who keeps telling me that DivX is “non-standard.” Well, I’ll bet DivX is more popular than his entire platform, so I’m going to continue posting DivX files. ;)

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  • http://www.digideep.com andi

    that shark looks like a puppet! :-)

  • http://www.apple.com Victor A.

    tear It hurts, I tell you, it just plain smarts. There is no stopping the proliferation of divx files housing countless pirated hollywood movies and tv shows….

    lol

  • Sandy

    Uhhh…scary but cool. You’re a brave man Eric.

  • norm

    Great! Thanks for sharing again…

  • http://www.lukasipgroup.com Rimas

    very cool…thanks for sharing

  • http://markus.nolf.org jumpin

    wow… you just slap them if they get too close?

    cool stuff!

  • http://www.tammyloh.com tammy

    this footage is insane. and did you actually BONK a shark at one point???

  • lauretta

    Wow – that was amazing Eric.

  • http://ihatepink.com Caroline :)

    What are the sounds at secs 11-12, 35-37, and 46? Were those uttered by a human? :)

  • echeng

    Caroline – that’s the author of the footage. You can make noise, underwater. It carries very well. :)

  • http://www.dlindsey.us David Lindsey

    As a diver and photographer…that was great. Your photographs (you post) are always great. This put into perspective what you go through to get them. Several of us here at work dive and keep watching the video…the one shark was eyeing your tank and the back of your head.

  • Dave P

    Wow, they were moving really quicly. What of the Sebastien’s equipment was bitten? Looked like a strobe and his lens.

  • Dave P

    BTW, I now think you might be crazy. And I’m going diving w/you again? Oy!

  • http://www.tabah.org Alexis

    wow (**)

  • http://www.guppieluv.com/ andrey

    hahaha… my first reaction to that clip is that you’re definitely a seasoned pro to be bitch-slapping sharks like that!

    all silliness aside though, do you ever get scared that the safety of you or your team is compromised during these dives?

  • echeng

    andrey – i feel like i’ve already accepted the risk by the time i’m in the water. it would suck to get bitten, but… well, i don’t think i’d cry about it. unless i lost an arm or something.

    actually, i think i’d probably cry about it if i even lost something like a finger.

    that’s why other people do the baiting. ;)

  • Wilson

    Amazing Video, i’m 12 years old and i would like to work with a crew photographing sharks. Did u have fun BONKING that shark =D. If i ever do succeed in doing this, ill try to let you know. Great Footage Too, did the shark bite the lens, because u fed one something black then another bit the watever it was. Thanks Eric!

  • John Teng

    love it love it! always great stuff Eric. . . truly inspiration. . btw, congrats on all the published photos and contributions I’m seeing from you in Scuba Diving Magazine.

  • Julianne

    Hi, I’m going to Apataki soon but may not see the sharks as I’m not a certificated scuba diver and don’t have time (or the cash) to get qualified before I go, even though I’ve tried it before and love it! Oh well. HOWEVER, just wanted to say that I’ve enjoyed your video. Thanks.

    BTW, you may be interested to know that in Australia “bonking” means something quite different from the sense I think you guys mean it (i.e. hitting the shark on the head?) LOL

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Elaine-Shane-Paguntalan/100000848776778 Elaine Shane Paguntalan

    ohhh,realy?

  • aaleyah

    if a shark came up too you what whould the shark do bite or eat for dinner
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