carnage

thanks to all for comments on my previously posted manta photo.

in the ongoing hunting of elasmobranchs on the mozambican coast, rays of all types - including the previously posted mantas - are being harvested in large numbers. as with the mantas, this is being driven by a mushrooming trade in the brachial filaments for the asian medicinal markets. each day, tens of devil rays were being brought out onto the beaches with the occasional spotted eagle ray - as seen here.

while the wide angle has distorted the people, my feeling is that this works in the composition's favour.

thanks for looking; let me know what you think.

d700, 17-35mm, polarizer.