Photos of the Week #39

January 17, 2006

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Richard Girouard

1/11/2006
La Jolla Shores

Halfbanded Rockfish
Sebastes semicinctus

Canon SD500
Canon housing
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores

Nudibranch on squid egg sacs

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Scott Gietler

1/14/2006
Palos Verdes
Marineland
Off the point, 45ft depth

Hermissenda laying eggs

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Fuji F10
Internal flash

Mark Pidcoe

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Baby California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

1.5 to 2 inches long

Dan Scanderbeg

1/10/2006
Marine Room

Club-tipped Anenome
Corynactis californica

Canon A95
Canon housing
f2.8, 1/60

Steve Briggs

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores
65'

California Tonguefish
Symphurus atricauda

Canon A95
Canon housing

Steve Gardner

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores

Papillose Aeolid
Aeolidia papillosa

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
One Ikelite DS 50 strobe
f/4, 1/500, ISO 100

Margaret Webb

1/14/2006
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef

Roger Carlson testing his housings before a big trip!

Peter Brueggeman

1/14/2006
NOSC Tower

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Steve Murvine

1/11/2006
La Jolla Shores

Nudibranch out for lunch

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

(Dendronotus iris eat tube-dwelling anemones.)

Rick Ramsey

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/Flash

Kevin Lee

1/13/2006
Catalina Island
Little Geiger

Two Moray Eels
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90DX strobes

Mike Bartick

1/14/2006
Laguna Beach
Boat Canyon

Cup Coral, perhaps
Astrangia lajollaensis

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

Peter McGuinness

1/14/2006
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden
80'

Hermissenda on squid egg sacs

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon a75
Internal strobe

Previous Weeks:

January 9, 2006 (POTW #38)

January 3, 2006 (POTW #37)

December 26, 2005 (POTW #36)

December 19, 2005 (POTW #35)

December 12, 2005 (POTW #34)

December 5, 2005 (POTW #33)

November 28, 2005 (POTW #32)

November 21, 2005 (POTW #31)

November 14, 2005 (POTW #30)

November 7, 2005 (POTW #29)

October 31, 2005 (POTW #28)

October 24, 2005 (POTW #27)

Special Half-year Favorites Page

October 17, 2005 (POTW #26)

October 10, 2005 (POTW #25)

October 3, 2005 (POTW #24)

September 26, 2005 (POTW #23)

September 19, 2005 (POTW #22)

September 12, 2005 (POTW #21)

September 6, 2005 (POTW #20)

August 29, 2005 (POTW #19)

August 22, 2005 (POTW #18)

August 15, 2005 (POTW #17)

August 8, 2005 (POTW #16)

August 1, 2005 (POTW #15)

July 25, 2005 (POTW #14)

July 18, 2005 (POTW #13)

July 11, 2005 (POTW #12)

July 5, 2005 (POTW #11)

June 27, 2005 (POTW #10)

June 20, 2005 (POTW #9)

June 13, 2005 (POTW #8)

June 6, 2005 (POTW #7)

May 31, 2005 (POTW #6)

May 23, 2005 (POTW #5)

May 16, 2005 (POTW #4)

May 9, 2005 (POTW #3)

May 2, 2005 (POTW #2)

April 25, 2005 (POTW #1)