Brave diver captures shark in incredible Jaws look-a-like pose on camera

Photographer Euan Rannachan takes groups of willing adventurers out to Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico. There he captured these amazing underwater shots

A photographer has captured these terrifying close up images just inches away from a huge shark.

Photographer Euan Rannachan cage dives daily in shark infested waters waiting for jaw-dropping moments.

The 36-year-old London-born photographer runs Be A Shark – a travel adventure company that takes willing people to photograph Great White sharks at Guadalupe Island.

Now living in California, US, Euan said the fearsome creatures fascinate him and he first went cave diving in 2016 at Guadalupe Island.

He said: “I have been fascinated by apex predators all my life including sharks. I had always wanted to cage dive with them and after my first trip, I knew it was something I needed to do a lot more of.

“Now with the of my co-founder Nikki, we run multiple trips to the island each year to photograph some of the biggest Great White sharks in the world.”

Euan said the animal’s ‘super powers’ impress him, adding: “I’m amazed they are able to sense electrical impulses in the water from animals in distress and the fact they are as old as dinosaurs really interests me.

“You can’t go and hangout with a tiger in its home and come out completely fine, but that’s exactly what you can do with these amazing fish.”

Euan also wants to educate people on sharks and their man-eating reputation.

He said: “Helping to educate people now on the fact sharks are not the man-eating monsters they get portrayed as has become part of my life’s work.

“My photos help with that but there really is no substitute to actually seeing the sharks with your own eyes. I call it the rewiring of your brain takes place and you realise they are not there to get you.”

When asked what goes through his mind as a shark approaches him, Euan said he doesn’t always see them coming.

He said: “Sometimes you don’t get the luxury of seeing the giant shark coming. These animals are so stealthy.

“If I do happen to catch a glimpse of them coming, I first check to see if I can tell if they are in attack mode.”

He added: “When a white shark is preparing to attack the bait you can sometimes tell with the way they slightly change the way they are swimming and the shape they put their fins in.

“If they seem like they are spooling up for a fast approach I am usually getting my spot ready in the cage to track them all the way through their movement.

“If they are coming at a lazy speed, I get to take my time and try and create art as they approach using the light or other objects to my advantage to try and show the scale.

“Mostly what goes through my head is admiration and wonder at what I am looking at.”

Despite being inches from their jaws, Euan insists it’s not unnerving being in the cage and he often spends up to seven hours under the waves waiting for his favourite Great White Sharks.

He said: “The only thing really limiting my time is if it gets too cold or I run out of battery, or card space.

He added: “The sharks are within inches of my cameras daily. Some of my gopros have even made it inside their mouths and come back out.

“It is difficult to describe just how calming the cage can be at times. When I tell people what I do the natural reaction is to call me crazy or brave.

“I can tell you once you do it for the first time, you honestly don’t want to get out.”