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  • A shallow hard coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2181.jpg
  • A school of sardines (Clupeidae) swims over shallow seaweed. Image made off Moalboal, Philippines.
    20181020-500_0550.jpg
  • A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) rests in shallow water at sunset to save energy for mating which will take place the next morning.
    20180608-501_3440.jpg
  • Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in a shallow lagoon on Moorea, French Polynesia.
    20210816-500_6372.jpg
  • Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) swimming over sand in shallow water. The ripples in the sand are caused by wave action. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20180606-500_5530.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB453.jpg
  • Type of shallow coral reef known as a patch reef with coral, sponges and a school of grunts (Haemulon chrysargyreum) off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2013_11_08_HI003.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water in The Bahamas.
    20200203-500_8638.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in a shallow lagoon in The Bahamas.
    2016_04_25_HI221.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190723-500_4144.jpg
  • Propeller scars, like these in the Florida Keys, are a result of careless boating in shallow seagrass beds. Propellers can cut past the roots of seagrass and inflict long-term damage to the meadow.
    20190606-DJI_0013.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) under boat with scuba diver in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB450.jpg
  • A school of yellow jacks (Carangoides bartholomaei) hunt over a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in shallow waters of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2013_11_20_HI306.jpg
  • Large field of staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) in shallow water off Flores, Indonesia.
    20181003-500_6128.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_10TB947.jpg
  • Eagle ray in shallow water
    2014_12_09HI032.jpg
  • School of dart fish in shallow water.
    2014_11_09HI122.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1282.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1214.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1198.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1196.jpg
  • A school of yellow jacks (caranx bartholomaei) hunt the shallows in the early morning light. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0101.jpg
  • A manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) feeds on turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) and manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) in the shallows of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180218-DSC_4369.jpg
  • Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) in the shallows off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20191228-500_7397.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1232.jpg
  • A school of yellow jacks (caranx bartholomaei) hunt the shallows in the early morning light. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0100.jpg
  • A school of yellow jacks (caranx bartholomaei) hunt the shallows in the early morning light. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0118.jpg
  • Propeller scars caused by poor boating practices can cut the roots of seagrass meadows causing long-term damage. Image made in the Florida Keys.
    20190602-DJI_0085.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with fish in front of nose. Bahamas
    2014_10_09TB372.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming over sargassum seaweed off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB403.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater rubbing herself on a sponge off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1252.jpg
  • A juvenile queen conch (Lobatus gigas) eats the algae growning on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) blades. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180619-500_5896.jpg
  • Three nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in a courtship dance at sunrise in a mangrove area near Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180609-501_3468.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB449.jpg
  • Propeller scars caused by poor boating practices can cut the roots of seagrass meadows causing long-term damage. Image made in the Florida Keys.
    20190603-DJI_0179.jpg
  • Propeller scars caused by poor boating practices can cut the roots of seagrass meadows causing long-term damage. Image made in the Florida Keys.
    20190603-DJI_0169.jpg
  • Propeller scars caused by poor boating practices can cut the roots of seagrass meadows causing long-term damage. Image made in the Florida Keys.
    20190602-DJI_0046.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming over sargassum seaweed with an old, algae covered fishing hook in her mouth.  Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB449.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), two, one with a fishing hook and line and one with a broken jaw from catch and release shark fishing. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB232.jpg
  • Rock lobster/Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) hiding in a patch of coral reef and sponges. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2695.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater rubbing herself on a sponge off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20181222-500_1265.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting in a coral reef. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2697.jpg
  • Three nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in a courtship dance at sunrise in a mangrove area near Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180609-501_3514.jpg
  • Two nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in a courtship dance at sunrise in a mangrove area near Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180609-501_3495.jpg
  • Propeller scars caused by poor boating practices can cut the roots of seagrass meadows causing long-term damage. Image made in the Florida Keys.
    20190602-DJI_0047.jpg
  • Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) with bar jacks (Caranx ruber) in The Bahamas.
    2016_08_11HI151.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_07TB025.jpg
  • Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) hunting silversides in a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_11TB037.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with fish in front of nose. Slow shutterspeed image. Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB282-Edit.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with bar jacks (Caranx ruber) riding the bow wave of the shark. Image made at Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB300.jpg
  • Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) from behind showing long tail. Bimini, Bahamas.
    2013_mar19_Bimini003.jpg
  • Three nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in a courtship dance at sunrise in a mangrove area near Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180609-501_3484.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests behind the protection of a coral head covered in sponges. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170121HI121.jpg
  • Turtles gained protection from hunting in The Bahamas in 2009. Since then they have begun a recovery.
    20170408HI111.jpg
  • The beautiful clear water of The Bahamas is home to all sorts of amazing life, life that is in danger from climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats.
    2012_March_10Tree038.jpg
  • Most of the sharks will start to swim into the shallows to rest around dusk, in preparation for the next morning.
    20180608-501_3440sm.jpg
  • Oceanic Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) in shallow water off Cat Island in The Bahamas.
    Oceanic Whitetip Shark
  • Shark in Shallow Water
    2014_06_21HI060w.jpg
  • A common octopus (Octopus insularis) flexing muscles in shallow, Bahamian water. Eleuthera.
    MightyOctopus
  • Oceanic Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) rarely swims in this shallow water. Cat Island, Bahamas.
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  • A smaller male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) tries to bite onto the pectoral fin of a larger female for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0758.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0750.jpg
  • At low tide in Bali, seagrass beds are shallow enough to wade out and catch sea urchins. This mom and son team haul in the days catch.
    20180909-501_9101.jpg
  • Great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) in shallow water off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_29_bimini503.jpg
  • A clark's anenomefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in an otherworldly, shallow, seascape off Flores, Indonesia.
    20181003-500_6118.jpg
  • Two males bite onto the pectoral fins of a larger female nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0825.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0741.jpg
  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)  and gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) in shallow seagrass meadow. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0871.jpg
  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) jaws in shallow seagrass meadow. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170214GOTQ0466.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water in The Bahamas. *Note: This image is only for sale for Rights Managed or as a limited edition print. See my "Limited Editions" under the PRINTS tab for more information or send me an email for a quote.
    Green Turtle
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas, kicking up sand.
    20170605HI0726.jpg
  • A shallow coral reef in Papua New Guinea reflected.
    Reef Reflection
  • Propeller scars are caused by boats going into water that is too shallow for their propellers. A minor scar can heal quickly, but a deep scar that tears up the roots can erode into major divisions of the habitat.
    Old Prop Scar
  • Propeller scars are caused by boats going into water that is too shallow for their propellers. A minor scar can heal quickly, but a deep scar that tears up the roots can erode into major divisions of the habitat.
    New Prop Scar
  • A baby lemon shark in shallow water.
    2014_06_21HI060.jpg
  • An eagle Ray soars over the famous shallow sand banks near Bimini, Bahamas.
    2013_mar19_Bimini003.jpg
  • Propeller scars, like these in the Florida Keys, are a result of careless boating in shallow seagrass beds. Propellers can cut past the roots of seagrass and inflict long-term damage to the meadow.
    Propeller Scars.jpg
  • School of tiny fish in clear, shallow water.
    2014_06_09HI268.jpg
  • A woman in a white dress stands on soft sand in beautiful, shallow water in The Bahamas.
    2013_Jan4_HI001.jpg
  • Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) mate in a shallow seagrass bed in Florida. Their blue blood is extremely valuable in fighting disease, including COVID-19.
    20190605-500_9729 2.jpg
  • The Wonderpus photogenicus was only described in 2006 despite living in shallow, coastal waters in the adult stage. This larval stage wonderpus will float with the currents as plankton and uses clear skin as camouflage.
    Photogenicus.jpg
  • A massive brass sculpture of a conch shell adorns a billionairs lawn overlooking shallow seagrass beds and sand flats that living conch call home.
    Ornament
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) silhouette while playing in the shallows of Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191211-500_7162.jpg
  • Juvenile Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) settle in the shallows, often taking refuge in patch reefs. At this size they are still highly vulnerable to predation. Currently (2019), the minimum size limit for harvesting Nassau grouper in The Bahamas is three pounds (approx. 17” length), yet recent science indicates that they are not sexually mature before they weigh at least five pounds.
    Shelter
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) silhouette while playing in the shallows of Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191211-500_7140.jpg
  • Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki), two, off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6888.jpg
  • Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) heading to the surface for a breath. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6802.jpg
  • Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki), two, playing underwater off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6833.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto a female for mating in in shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas while a second male waits for a turn.
    20170605HI0713 2.jpg
  • A tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the shallows of The Bahamas.
    Tiger King
  • A manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) feeds on turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) and manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) in the shallows of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180218-DSC_4369.jpg
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