[ChristianG]

Originally Posted by Lou

Well, I see n reason to believe it has been 'Shopped - quite the opposite.

Sharks tend to be either annoyed or intrigued/attracted by electrical impulses....like those generated by digital cameras and especially by strobes, so for a tiger to grab at a strobe for an investigation is by no means odd.

Secondly a shark can mouth gently when investigating, the usual problem is that even a gentle mouth by sharp sharky teeth can damage soft skin, but it wouldn't crush a strobe casing.

Finally, if someone did Photoshop that pic, they went to way more effort to do so than the usual fakes. The angle of the camera and strobe arms is just right for a rig that has been yanked out of someones hands is trailing, but looks wrong for a rig set up to shoot. There are no telltale artifacts around the endge of the strobe or the sharks mouth. The brightness and colour depth is consistent across the picture as is the light direction. Also if you look at the top jaw of the shark you can see some slight distortion and wrinkling as it presses against the strobe arm.

In summary, if it is a fake it is a damn good one!

That's why the text below the photo includes the following?

"I am feeling uncomfortable and go through my oxygen quickly."