Amateur underwater filmmaker Ash Gibb got an up-close encounter with a great white shark on his first attempt while snorkeling in Lucky Bay near Esperance, Australia this week.
According to the filmmaker’s description on Youtube:
This was the first shark I have seen underwater and was the first time filming for the intended film. To be tested by this massive beast was not what I expected although I was warned!!!!! What an epic start to my journey of underwater film making.
In the footage, the approximately 10 to 12- foot shark can be seen repeatedly circling around Gibb, who was free diving in less than five meters of water, then making a head-on charge before veering off at the last second.
“I was there to film. I got the opportunity,” Gibb told ABC Online. “The chances of that actually happening are one in a million, so I took that opportunity and did my best to keep my hand steady, and capture it on film.”