this picture was a finalist in: the World in our Hands category.....
in Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.....
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The Long line Lottery......you never know what you will catch!!!
the grim sight off Magdalena Bay on the Pacific coast.... of Baja California.... Mexico....
after noticing a fisherman's buoy had been dragged below the surface by a considerable weight.......
The hook was on a long line of hooks.... set to catch blue and mako sharks.....
"'I was deeply shocked..... Great whites are amazing..... graceful and highly intelligent creatures.....
It was such a sad scene!!!..... that I changed the image to black and white.....
which felt more dignified," he said.
long line of hooks.... set to catch blue and mako sharks....Huh? i am guessing...shark fin soup?
anyway.......a very sad sight!!!...so sad in fact Rodrigo had to change the picture to black and white!!!
anyway......
picture taken by:
Rodrigo Friscione Wyssmann of Mexico....... named as a finalist in the "World in our Hands" category for his photo