Another version of the same concept:
These have a very storybook feel to them, not like his more grounded/detailed Ice Age scenes. The lack of underwater photography to reference, &/or inability to do "plein air" studies underwater, probably played a role in the overall look
An interesting camera effect I noticed when taking a pic of a bigtooth river stingray at Shedd Aquarium: from a distance their creamy-white spots look normal, but when you zoom in there's this crazy blue and orange halo. Is this a camera effect to make the spots pop? Or something else?
Photo by Joel Sartore for comparison. I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max
The overall morphology (large crescent-shaped caudal fin, tall 1st dorsal fin, short/blunt face) & coloration (stark countershading with dark greyish color above & pale/white below) of Megalodon depicted here is still very much within the realm of plausibility.
Another Megalodon reconstruction by Charles R. Knight from the book "Great White Shark" (Ellis & McCosker, 1991). I've never seen this before, very cool to feature specific taxa like spotted eagle rays (right) & tiger sharks (left).
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