[00:00.54]Richard: Got a very positive feeling about today.
[00:03.56]The conditions are improving.
[00:05.62]Lots of sharks around, come to, close to the boat.
[00:08.68]I think they're inviting us in.
[00:11.12]Narration: But filming a successful strike from underwater required a different strategy.
[00:15.84]No longer worried about being hit from below,
[00:19.35]Richard and Doug opted for the quieter approach of snorkelling at the surface,
[00:24.51]only going under at the final moment .
[00:29.51]Would this new technique work?
[00:34.13]From the surface, the signs were good.
[00:40.26]and John was once again following the action from his platform.
[00:53.22]So, how did it go for Richard?
[00:56.41]Richard: Unbelievable! That happened in a second! It was out of nowhere!
[01:03.67]Doug: My first hint that something was happening was when I saw a bunch of bubbles around the bird.
[01:09.10]Then, I could kinda see the shape of the shark.
[01:12.84]Richard: That is the most astonishing thing I've ever seen.
[01:19.03]Narration: But there was more to this story.
[01:20.99]Richard: You know, you've got this incredible predator
[01:22.91]who's lurking around and you know he's out there or she's out there.
[01:25.84]You know this animal is circling you.
[01:28.33]You can't see it, it can see you.
[01:29.72]And so, you can't help now and again just to look away for a second,
[01:34.02]and in that split second on this occasion that I looked away, the shark hit.
[01:40.91]The power of the animal as it took the albatross was on the one hand terrifying,
[01:46.98]but on the other hand completely transfixing.
[01:53.30]I think that shot's going to haunt me for the rest of my life
[01:56.62]Narration: Richard may only have filmed half the strike,
[01:59.60]but in the end, given the nervousness of the sharks,
[02:03.13]he was lucky to get even that.
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