An underwater photographer was left stunned when a lemon shark photobombed his attempt at taking a picture of a fellow diver and tiger shark in the Caribbean sea off the Bahamas coast, UK MailOnline reported.
Not only did the shark swim into the frame unexpectedly, it even posed for the camera with a toothy grin.
Fifty-year-old Jeffrey Haines, from Kerhonkson, NY, was able to compose himself and capture the amazing moment, according to UK MailOnline. (See the pictures here.)
"I was actually photographing the diver who was pointing at a rather large tiger shark, that's why the diver is still in focus and the shark isn't," Haines said. "But all of a sudden this lemon shark swam into the frame and photobombed the picture. It looked like it was smiling and it almost looked like it was saying 'hey take a picture of me'."
"Lemon sharks are really curious and this one was definitely checking me out. The images were taken during a one-week expedition in the Bahamas in January this year, but these particular images were taken on just one dive," he continued.
Shortly after he began scuba diving, Jeffrey took up the art of photography, he said, according to UK MailOnline. Even though he has done lots of dives, this moment of capturing the shark was his most successful.
"For me photography and diving went hand in hand, I wanted to share my experience so I began taking photos to document what I saw," he said. "I'd been close to sharks before but during this most recent dive I managed to get closer than I'd ever been before, I encountered lemon, tiger, Caribbean reef and nurse sharks."
"When you first start scuba diving you're initially scared about seeing sharks but you're told to feel lucky if you do as an encounter with them is so incredibly rare. For me this experience confirmed that for me."
