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The spectacular sequence shows the divers reaching out and even petting the 1,000-pound predators as the inquisitive beasts happily pose for the camera. Other pictures show the sharks appearing to swim with the divers as they move towards the water’s surface. The photographs were taken at Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama by photographer, Steve Hinczynski (49) from Venice, Florida, USA. To take his images Steve used a Canon 7D Mark II camera equipped with Ikelite underwater housing. “This particular shark diving expedition was a last-minute decision”, said Steve. “I’ve been on numerous shark expeditions before but what made this one different was we would have a first timer with us; this would be his first-time diving with big sharks without a cage. That by itself isn’t uncommon but several years ago, he had been bitten by a Tiger shark while body boarding and lost his lower leg. While this may generate hatred in some people, he became an advocate for saving sharks, not killing them and I thought how could you not want to be in the water to share that experience”. (Photo by Steve Hinczynski/Mediadrumworld)
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