Warren - that's how you do it!

Particularly challenging - multiple Bulls at 30m!

Wow.

Remember Warren from Dubai?

He has just finished editing his pics from Shark Reef and I must say that he's right up there with the very best! He had to endure absolutely shocking conditions during most of his stay and was only granted a short two-day window with sunny skies and good viz for actually getting the job done - and boy did he deliver, in spades!

You can admire Warren's 3-page portfolio here - and here!

Congratulations - great job!

Warren - intrepid!

Or is it simply stoicism?

But first things first.
Thanks for this, buddy - much appreciated!

Really, it has been a great pleasure.

Apart from being a much-acclaimed underwater photographer, the father, so to say, of that world-famous parthenogenetic Zebra Shark and a committed marine conservationist, the man is just a genuinely nice person, and meeting him has been a great experience for both the staff and yours truly alike.

And the good things did finally happen, too!

After too many days of absolutely shocking conditions both above and underwater, Warren's super-human patience was finally rewarded with clear skies, calm seas and above all, crystal viz. 

And the Bulls did play.

They are still here in good albeit fickle numbers, meaning that we get 50+ on one day and then less than 20 on the following. We can now clearly identify who is pregnant (Gape is now officially confirmed!), and like every year, the composition is slowly changing away from a predominance of large females to more and more subadults, many of which pesky males.

Meaning that the action was hot hot hot!

Case in point: this video of a rather epic encounter! 

I was on the opposite side when it happened and can attest that whilst bodyguard Tubee was flailing around like crazy with his Shark prod whilst squeaking like Alvin, the man kept his cool and continued to snap away totally unfazed. So bravo to both for having handled the situation more than admirably!
Yes the man is rather intrepid - tho having put him in the really hot seat on his very last dive, I STILL wonder why, exactly, Warren then chose to strip out of his wetsuit, in frigid water, before boarding Predator!

Questions questions!

But I'm digressing as always.

Safe travels - and do come back anytime!

Damnselus wreckus urpictorius?

Source.

Damn!

Talk about being totally busted!

Warren has caught on to the total scam that is the Fiji Shark Dive!
It's actually not a Shark dive - truth be told, it is a Damnselfish dive where you may from time to time see a Shark in the background!

Case in point!

I must say, the man is a real sport.

Not only is he being swarmed (and nipped at!) by the darn Damsels, the weather has been absolutely atrocious with 40-knot gales and thick cloud cover, and with two more days of utter misery in the offing - and yet his attitude could not be more positive.

And the pics are awesome, too - especially considering the circumstances!

Kudos!