Today was our daughters' last full day with us - their flight departs at 06:00 a.m. Saturday (yes, in just a few short hours and we're bringing them to the airport - might be my first opportunity for a sunrise shot in a long time !). We've had a wonderful time with them.
We decided to go to a beach on Captiva Island and we read that since parking was limited we had to be there early. Good thing we followed the advice because we got one of 4 remaining spots. The water in the gulf was up to about 24C/75F - which is a little cooler than the 30C/86F in our pool.
Some fishermen were already casting off the shore, and we walked over to see what one had on his line as we saw his rod bend. Now over the past few months we've seen many fishermen and their catch but we had never seen one land a shark ! Turns out that this one is called a bonnethead, and is related to the hammerhead. Despite seeing this up close, our daughters were determined to do a little body-surfing and swimming.
I learned later this evening that the bonnethead shark is the smallest of the hammerhead family, only grows to 3-4 feet, and is considered 'timid'. I still think our daughters showed courage to share the waters with this 'timid' shark.
(70-200mm f5.6 1/1250 sec ISO200)
We decided to go to a beach on Captiva Island and we read that since parking was limited we had to be there early. Good thing we followed the advice because we got one of 4 remaining spots. The water in the gulf was up to about 24C/75F - which is a little cooler than the 30C/86F in our pool.
Some fishermen were already casting off the shore, and we walked over to see what one had on his line as we saw his rod bend. Now over the past few months we've seen many fishermen and their catch but we had never seen one land a shark ! Turns out that this one is called a bonnethead, and is related to the hammerhead. Despite seeing this up close, our daughters were determined to do a little body-surfing and swimming.
I learned later this evening that the bonnethead shark is the smallest of the hammerhead family, only grows to 3-4 feet, and is considered 'timid'. I still think our daughters showed courage to share the waters with this 'timid' shark.
(70-200mm f5.6 1/1250 sec ISO200)
