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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

Diver snaps award-winning underwater shot of whale shark using modified 35-year-old fisheye lens

Diver touches whale shark. .

Sometimes, standard photography gear just doesn’t cut it. To get the shot, some creative technical modifications need to be made.

Robert Harcourt – a marine ecologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and seasoned underwater photographer – proved that with this image, which recently won a Scientists at Work photography award.

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