Photos of the Week #40

January 23, 2006

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Steve Murvine

1/18/2006
La Jolla Shores

Spotted Cusk Eel
Chilara taylori

Sony DSC-W7
Internal Strobe

Todd Warshaw

1/22/2006
La Jolla Shores

Squid in front of squid eggs sacs

Market Squid
Loligo opalescens

Peter Brueggeman

1/22/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Peter says, "Strawberry anemones are not true anemones (Order Actinia). Order Corallimorpharia is sort of in between coral and anemone, a coral-like anemone if you will. Encyclopedia Britannica says, 'Sea-anemone-like solitary or aggregated polyps lacking basilar muscles and skeleton. Coral-like muscles and nematocysts. Mostly tropical.'"

Richard Girouard

1/22/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Near Train Wheels

Coonstripe or Dock Shrimp
Pandalus gurneyi

Red Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi
(that's the lump under the shrimp!)

Canon SD500
Canon Housing
Internal strobe

Steve Gardner

1/21/2006
La Jolla Shores

Mating Market Squid
Loligo opalescens

Olympus c5050z
Ikelite Housing
One Ikelite DS 50 Strobe
f/2.8, 1/125, ISO 100

Friend of Nate Fanara

1/22/2006
In/near Iwakuni, Japan

Nate (shown here) is a San Diego diver and past POTW contributor, recently deployed to Iwakuni, Japan. He sends his greetings!

Tracy Clark

1/21/2006
La Jolla Shores

Hermissenda laying eggs on a squid egg sac, near more Hermissenda eggs

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Margaret Webb

1/21/2006
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef

Cancer crab hiding in the sand

Unidentified Cancer Crab
Cancer sp.

Olympus C5050

Pete Hergesheimer

1/16/2006
La Jolla Shores

Roughback Sculpin
Chitonotus pugetensis

Canon Powershot 500D with a flash diffuser

Terry Strait

1/21/2006
US/Mexican Border
Near the Missile Tower

Diver Tyler Stalter on deco stop

Olympus 8080
Single DS50 Strobe
TTL Strobe control
f/5.6, 1/60

Dan Scanderbeg

1/23/2006
La Jolla Shores

Armed Box Crab
Mursia guadichaudii

Canon A95
Canon housing
f2.8, 1/60

Kevin Lee

1/22/2006
Santa Cruz Island
South Side

Male Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90DX strobes

Previous Weeks:

January 17, 2006 (POTW #39)

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)