This is an old shot from 2011 that I've never shared on Flickr.

For those of you not familiar with Cal Ripfin (aka Shredder), He was probably the most recognized and "famous" male great white sharks at Guadalupe for years.

First identified at the island in 2001, he was consistently spotted every season through 2011. His uniquely injured dorsal fin made him easy to identify, but it was his personality that made him a favorite with divers at the island over the years.

He has been missing now for four years and is believed by many to have passed away, due to the consistency with which he visited the island prior to his disappearance. His presence at the island is sorely missed, and it really isn't the same place or experience without him there.

I'm grateful for the numerous encounters that I had with Cal and am thankful that I have so many pictures of him to remember him by.

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I stumbled across some old, unprocessed photos of Cal Ripfin, my favorite great white shark on the planet, over the past week.

We haven't seen Cal in almost four years, so it's not looking good for his return to Isla de Guadalupe. Finding some "new" pictures of him to share was a welcome surprise.

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This one was a "happy little accident" (as the late Bob Ross would have described it). I was hoping for a sharp silhouette of this great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) but ended up with a faint reflection of the lens being captured on the inner surface of my dome port, so I had to dial the exposure down some more and boost the contrast, which resulted in a "magical" quality to the sunlight breaking through the water's surface.

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Cal Ripfin, an adult male great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), smiles for the camera, while a group of mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus) swim in the background. The mackerel are not a source of food for the shark, so they have little to fear, and large schools can often be found in close proximity to the sharks.

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A male great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) glides smoothly through the water, as he passes under a boat. The shark moves through the water so seemingly effortlessly that it reminds me of flying.

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