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'cause if i want you
then i want you babe
ain't goin' backwards
won't ask for space
'cause space was just a word
made up by someone who's afraid to get too
close
oh so close
i want you close
space was just a word
made up by someone who's afraid to get
close
oh so close
i want you close
oh, i want you close
then close ain't close enough, no
... of the best kind! As a diver, a shark encounter is among the most exciting and thrilling. Their seemingly effortless glide through the water is mesmerizing. But most surprising may be their curiosity. Their eyes are expressionless, suggesting that they are mere machines. Nevertheless, they certainly conveyed a sense in their close passes that they were wondering what we were doing in their domain. We weren't stirring up fish for them to eat and they lingered well past the point of realizing that we were not food. (Nor were we chumming.) So maybe we were just a distraction from their mundane activities. Don't we all need that!
This is a caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), estimated to be about 1.5m, so probably a young one. (Mature ones are 2-2.5m.) They are listed as near-threatened by IUCN. Why anyone would intentionally harvest sharks from the ocean is beyond me.
The earlier image I posted from the dive provided a better sense of the reef terrain. This shot, looking slightly up, includes the wave patterns from the surface (we are in about 8m of water).
This one foot long blue tongue lizard was wandering our streets in the middle of the roadway, so I gently nudged it in the direction of some safer garden areas, but it came straight back out onto the pathway again. I wasn't really very close taking this - minimum focus distance is 20 feet, but I got as low as I could for the shot. I made sure it moved back to safety again.
This is a close-up photo of sediment laden water seeping across the beach sand at Clam Harbour Beach.
This Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) was more interested in the 'former racoon' than me. There were several around but this fellow was almost too close. The Springfield Nature Center's 'Circle of Life' was quite evident.
Looking Close...on Friday! ~ Backside
Teddy, busy checking out his photos from the picnic
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Belgium, 2020
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This is a close-up photo of rusting, weathered details on an old train engine at the Railway Museum in Musquodoboit Harbour.