Different sharks require different lenses. An 18 foot Great White attacking a baited tuna carcass mere inches from your cage requires a wide angle lens. But what about the reef sharks encountered on an average dive in the tropical Pacific? A full frame 15mm photo of a 5 foot grey reef shark 4 feet away makes the shark look like a minnow. The large coverage of wide angle lenses creates a lot of “dead space” around the subject and detracts from the impact of a photo.
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