Shark Videos

[moraym]

Two videos from my trip to the Myrtle Beach, SC, Ripley's Aquarium. Has a 750,000 gallon tank with a 330-ft moving walkway going through the middle of it.
They've got sand tigers, sandbar sharks, black tip reefs, nurse, and another one I can't remember, in video 2 below. Also have a few five-ft barracuda.
Couple 10-footers:
Very intriguing shark, forgot the name:
They've also got a Ray Bay there featuring Southern Cow-Nose Rays and a few other species, Leopard sharks, and a bunch of baby bonnetheads and some 4-5 foot bonnets.

 

[moraym]

Pictures of these sharks, green moray, the 750,000 tank, Ray Bay (leopards, bonnets, rays), and more in the Photography forum. About 15 or so pics altogether.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/118640/aquarium-pics-ripleys-in-myrtle-beach-sc

 

[tony detroit]

Damn I was down there doing some work about three months ago, and saw the billboards and thought to myself, Nah I'm short on time. I'm kicking myself now. Nice pics mike.

 

[gasguzzler]

Yeah, great pics. I cant seem to get my resolution that good. I suppose some more testing is in order.

 

[moraym]

I use a high-speed option on my camera, takes three pictures in under a second. The first and third picture are always blurry, the middle one is fine. I presume it's due to normal shaking of the camera when taking a picture, the middle picture snaps faster because the first picture takes a second to auto-focus and the last picture takes a second to process the first couple.
So using my Canon I use ISO 400 speed on the superfine setting (2200 x something). Then I use the high-speed option and it seems to work. So basically i have to take three pictures to get a good one, but it works usually.

 

[daniel411]

Awesome! Thanks for posting them Mike.

 

[moraymike]

Sweet pics! Thanks for posting.

 

[gibbus]

The interesting shark is called a sawshark or sawfish. They are close relatives of the rays.