"Caribbean Reef Sharks" gorgonian coral These two female adolescent elephant

These two female adolescent elephant seals are at play in the cold water of Big Sur

hundreds of overlapping high resolution macro photographs were taken at close range

See if you can count them all

This blue shark showed up and swam right through the middle of them

"Caribbean Reef Sharks" gorgonian coral These two female adolescent elephantTwo Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) hunt on the coral reef in the Bahamas. Diving with sharks is a exciting experience I never want to miss. Reinhard Dirscherl is an award winning underwater photographer based in Munich, Germany. Widely published in international diving, nature and travel magazines, his marine wildlife images have won numerous international photo competitions including the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.