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Passenger in the Gill
A remora tucked into the gills of a Tigershark, Maldives, 2025
Category - Ocean
Most people see a tiger shark and notice its teeth, its stripes, its strength. I try to capture the details of predators others might miss - the hidden worlds that reveal themselves when you look closely. In this photo remora rests tucked inside the shark’s gill, a silent passenger carried through the open ocean. The survival of this little fish depends not on power, but on subtlety, patience, and perfect adaptation alongside one of the sea’s most formidable predators. In this quiet partnership, the shark glides with calm authority, largely unaware of its companion, while the remora thrives, feeding on scraps and hitching a ride through the currents around the island of Fuvahmulah in the deep south of the Maldives.
65 mm f/2.8 Lens - 1/800 sec at f/10 ISO 400