B&W Photo Contest - Animals Entry #1 - 'Piercing Black Eyes'

kuenok (52)in #bwphotocontest • 7 years ago

Here is my 1st entry to the #bwphotocontest for the theme Animals hosted by @daveks.

Titled 'Piercing Black Eyes', this is one of my most memorable moment in the ocean, taken at Vava'u in the Kingdom of Tonga when I had a face to face encounter with the biggest animal I've ever seen in my life. It was the moment when I froze, overwhelmed by it's sheer power and size. It's piercing black eyes sending shivers down my spine, but somehow managing to press the shutter..

1/640sec f/7.1 ISO1000 (Sony A7RM2 28mm + 16mm Fisheye Converter)
Thank you @daveks for running this awesome project and @papa-pepper for sponsoring, as well as @jamtaylor for judging this weeks Animals theme.

Looking forward to contributing more!

Have a great day!😃

#photography #animals #whalepower #nature

7 years ago in #bwphotocontest by kuenok (52)

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davidgermano (63) 7 years ago

Upped & Resteemed!
Cheers

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kuenok (52) 7 years ago (edited)

Thank you @davidgermano! Much appreciated!

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sea-otter (43) 7 years ago

Wow, that is intimidating. Amazing shot, kuenok 👏

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kuenok (52) 7 years ago (edited)

Thanks @sea-otter! coming from you im very flattered!

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ilvstranger (51) 7 years ago

Came to see the story of your photo from the contest.

Congratulations buddy.

So, you are a diver and it was taken directly into the ocean or is there made a "people aquarium" to see the sea life?

I only shoot some bears in their reservations at a workshop with canon. It was so nice. Had some moments from their life there, but only 1 day there.

And other moments haven't got a chance yet.

Hope in this life will have that chance again for the wildlife.

Cheers and as i said to the others, i've bookmarked you to have a real chance to see your photos again.

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kuenok (52) 7 years ago

Hey @ilvstranger! Thanks for visiting my page!
Yes I could probably call myself a diver, though I do a lot more Free-diving than any other, and yes all my underwater photos are taken from the nature of the ocean :)
Looking forward to seeing more of your work on steemit, keep on steemin!

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ilvstranger (51) 7 years ago

Nice to hear that. Maybe in other life i will have that power to dive and see the underwater ;-)

Cheers

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