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Whale Shark Stock Footage
License whale shark stock footage from Cenderawasih and the Indo-Pacific — rights-managed cinematic masters available as R3D.
105 clips · Rights ManagedWhale shark sequences from our Indo-Pacific archive are rights-managed for documentary and commercial use, with master delivery as R3D at native resolution or ProRes.
- Natural swimming and approach behavior
- Shot for editorial and natural-history storytelling
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A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims past the camera while covered in remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims up and over the camera showing its white belly and numerous hitchhiking remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding vertically beneath a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Close-up of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, stuck in a fishing net under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim far below in the blue, panning to a third swimming beside the camera, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Large fish attraction device made of cylindrical pipes under the Whale Shark Centre, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Purposefully built fish attraction devices hanging under the Whale Shark Centre in Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A fisherman drops his bucket into the water to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
A fisherman squeezes a handful of fish to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
A fisherman pours water into a cooler filled with fish to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
A fisherman pours water out of a bucket to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
A fisherman pours water into a crate filled with fish to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
A fisherman pulls up fish from a net and throws them into the water to attract the attention of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
Fishermen try to pull up a net with a trapped whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
Following a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, from above and behind, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, rises up from the deep to inspect the fishing nets under a bagan, a traditional net fishing boat in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, enters from the right, its left flank showing its spot pattern as it inspects fishing nets beneath a bagan, a traditional drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims away from the camera into the blue, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Four whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swimming under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Silhouette of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swimming overhead with a second shark coming in from the side, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Looking down on a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swimming away from the camera, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Following a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, as it swims towards a second whale shark under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, with many remoras, Echeneis naucrates, passes overhead with a second whale shark feeding under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Panning around a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, trapped in a fishing net under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Camera pans down from floating Whale Shark Centre to fish attraction devices in the water column, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Camera pans up from fish attraction devices to the floating Whale Shark Centre, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Camera pans down from the head of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in vertical feeding position, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Camera pushes through columns of fish attraction devices hung under the Whale Shark Centre in Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, with attendant cobia, Rachycentron canadum, and remoras, Echeneis naucrates, swim past each other, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Fish swim in and around the strands of artificial reef hung under the Whale Shark Centre, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Shells and a whale shark painting on a shelf in a home, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, No Property Release
Shells, a crocodile skull and a whale shark painting on a shelf in a home, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, No Property Release
A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims under a small boat with its left side to the camera towards a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Silhouette of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swimming under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Split shot of fishermen try to pull up a net with a trapped whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean (No Model Release)
Sun rays filter through the water under the floating Whale Shark Centre in Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Looking down from a boat at a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding at the surface beside a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Three whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, feeding under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, feeding beside the nets of a bagan, a traditional drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim below a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, moving towards the camera under a bagan, traditional drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim down into the blue, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim past a large fishing net hanging under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim side by side past a fishing net and towards the blue, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
A fish attraction device suspended in the water column under the Whale Shark Centre, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, with attendant cobia, Rachycentron canadum, and remoras, Echeneis naucrates, swimming under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, with attendant cobia, Rachycentron canadum, and remoras, Echeneis naucrates, pass each other under a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Close-up of a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, gills and head as it feeds under a bagan, Cenderawasih Bay, Central Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean