Brooke Pyke

Double sharks doing a ying yang! No photoshop composition this time, it finally happened for REAL! With @LiveNingaloo

@Fishguy_FHL @DeBrauwerM Woahhhh this is amazing thanks for sharing!

@brookepykephoto @DeBrauwerM Here is a CT scan of a pygmy seahorse!

It’s been a while between posts. Here’s a pygmy seahorse. The oceans top predator! Not kidding… they have a 90% success rate when hunting. Luckily for us they only eat tiny crustaceans.

I was so lucky to be swimming with this beautiful creature this week. It’s called a Leopard Shark. (Yes some for places the common name is Zebra Shark, in Australia and SE Asia they are known as a Leopard Shark). Ningaloo Reef, Australia.

Our gentle giants have hung around into November this year in the marine wonderland that is #Ningaloo / Nyinggulu! Some operators have swim tours in February and it's very likely you can see them in spring. 📷 @Liamalfordshots & @brookepykephoto on @LiveNingaloo #WAtheDreamState

@LuridGast @Requinoesis It’s available for sale in my print store at the moment 😊

@brookepykephoto @Requinoesis I would love to have this as a framed photo at my house!

Two of the galaxies most beautiful sharks compared side by side with this black and white edited composition. Leopard Shark (also known as Zebra Shark) next to its cousin the Whale Shark. These two species are each other’s closest relative. (Not to scale).

Photography by @brookepykephoto who writes: ‘This is the Exmouth Gulf, lesser known than the Ningaloo reef yet one cannot survive without the other. Research has shown just how interconnected both ecosystems are.’

International award, Ocean Photographer of the Year, has recognised two amazing WA photographers, and Ningaloo! 🐢 Huge congrats Brooke Pyke & Jake Wilton 📸 @brookepykephoto @jakewiltonphoto

Our spotted friends from the deep are still floating around @TheCoralCoast 💦 These filter-feeding marine creatures gather off Ningaloo Reef from March to July – and if you’re lucky you might still get a #whaleshark swim well into spring! #WAtheDreamState 📷: @brookepykephoto

So stoked! In flapping my fins with excitement over this 😃

There’s no beach adventure quite like exploring 20,000 remarkable kilometres of epic ocean environments! #WAtheDreamState 💙 📷: Finalists in the @Oceano_mag's #OceanPhotographerOfTheYear - @jakewiltonphoto, @brookepykephoto, & @SeanScottPhoto

This #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay reminds us why it’s vital we protect places like #ExmouthGulf which can remain a stronghold for threatened species like shovelnose rays, turtles, manta rays and dugongs. 📸 @brookepykephoto

Here is a whale or two just doing whaley stuff. Happy Friday everyone!

@simonpierce Often followed by a school of Fluorescent Snappers I hear 😀

@brookepykephoto Jaguar shark.

I love how passionate you all get about calling this a Zebra Shark! Common names vary depending on where you are. In Australia and Thailand these are known as Leopard Sharks.

@DrAlistairDove @pazyocean @sharksdailyy Thankyou! But this one is by @jakewiltonphoto

A leopard/zebra shark cruises the crystal clear sand flats of the Ningaloo Reef.

@pazyocean @jakewiltonphoto they didn’t credit you. That’s a shame 🙄

@teeps757369 In Australia the common name is Leopard Shark. 😊

@brookepykephoto Yeeeaaah...that's a Zebra Shark. Still...cool photos.👍

Leopard sharks are so beautiful! Can seriously spend all day photographing them. #sharks #australia #ningalooreef