On one of his submersion's I noticed he was following something larger than usual...I could not believe it, a white tip shark. It was HUGE - at least to me (being small and all). Not having a snorkel and completely exciting I started swallowing water as I tried to get my head underwater as fast as possible. The shark swam by completely, un-phased by our presence. I think my dad was just as excited, little did he know that 20 years later he would be photography these beautiful animals. What seemed like an eternity - was actually just a matter of a few seconds - but enough to find a permanent place in my head. See video below - that was my first shark experience.
First shark I ever saw capture on a Super 8 by my dad in the Red Sea (Israel)
My father had a Super 8 and I have been able to digitize most of his films - talk about tedious editing compared to what we can do on computers these days.
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nice memories came back reading this story. i will never forget felix's amazement at that fabulous sight: his face was ALL big eyes!!!!! i have to add that felix was an incredibly sweet little boy in those REALLY good old days... when i swim with him today, i sometimes wish he would turn into that little fellow who climbed on my back as soon as i surfaced. oh well.... soon i will climb on his back when i get exhausted from trying to go down to 10 feet... :-)
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