The whale shark needs water with lots of plankton, their main food. As a wonderful gift from the ocean, the planktivore came into the surface to say hello and feed, showing us his best side, just perfect for a great portrait We had great natural light for its top side. We needed to be carefull reducing strobes power and closing diafragm a little bit, because we didn’t want an overexposed white skin on the bottom.

Maybe tired of swimming with us, the Giant began his journey and left us on surface, happy for having shared a great time. We did our best to photography our friend, despite the low light and high distance between us. We opened diafragm to f/5.6, maintained our shutter time to 1/80, ISO 160 and gave maximum power t o our strobes.

Probably, hungry, the Giant came to the surface, but got distracted with our group. We saw it, while playing with them. Showed us its best angle! Whale Sharks also eat small fish, crustaceans and even squid and tuna. We took advantage of little natural light coming from surface to display its top, skin texture and color. Controlling the power of our strobes, to avoid burning its white skin.