Photos of the Week #59

June 5, 2006

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Robert Todd

6/4/2006
Torrey Pines
P-38 Wreck

Three divers approach the wing of the P-38 Wreck:
Dan & Meg Scanderbeg
Charles Lofton

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite Housing
DS-125 Strobe (1/4 power)
Inon UWL-100 Lens
f/2.8, 1/40, ISO 100

Tracy Clark

6/2/2006
La Jolla Shores

Flatworm
Kaburakia excelsa

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Mike Bartick

6/4/2006
Anacapa Island

Territorial?

Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon Digital Rebel XT
15mm Sigma fisheye lense
YS125 strobe

Peter Brueggeman

6/3/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

...and many more invertebrates!

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

John Butler

6/1/2006
Off San Diego
About 920'

Anemone
Unidentified

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Insite Scorpio camera (Nikon E995)
mounted on a Phantom ROV

Richard Girouard

6/4/2006
Point Loma Kelp

Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva

Canon Powershot SD500
Canon housing
Internal strobe

Terry Strait

6/1/2006
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Small Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus 8080wz
Single Ikelite DS125 strobe with TTL sync
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50

Brian Anderson

5/31/2006
Maui, Hawaii
Honokeana Cove

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Canon PowerShot S60

Barbara Lloyd

6/3/2006
Santa Rosa Island
Johnson's Lee

Probably a
White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.2, 1/50, ISO 100
Macro (21.3 mm)

Steve Murvine

6/4/2006
Point Loma Kelp

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sony DSC-W7

David Dirig

6/4/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Red Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Olympus C8080
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe

Dean Uyeda

5/29/2006
Roatan, Honduras
Little French Cay Wall

Queen Angelfish
Holocanthus ciliaris

Peter McGuinness

6/3/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Sand Anemone
Phyllactis sp.

Canon a75
f/8, 1/500, ISO 50

Dori Dirig

6/4/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels

Perhaps a Yellowchin Sculpin
Icelinus quadriseriatus

Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe

Rick Ramsey

6/2/2006
Scripps Canyon

White-spotted Porostomes
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ flash

Margaret Webb

6/4/2006
Rancho Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Ronquil
Family Bathymasteridae

Olympus c5050
Olympus housing
2 ds 125 strobes

Donna Ramsey

6/4/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Green Anemone
Anthopleura sola

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ flash

Thomas Cook

6/3/2006
La Jolla
Marine Room

Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

California Barnacles
Megabalanus californicus

Olympus C-770

Dan Scanderbeg

6/4/2006
La Jolla Kelp
Quast Rock

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

A bit of a
Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Canon A95
Canon housing

Jim Lyle

6/4/2006
Rancho Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Red Corraline Algae
Calliarthron sp.

Olympus c5050
f/4.0, 1/250, ISO 64

Previous Weeks:

May 30, 2006 (POTW #58)

May 22, 2006 (POTW #57)

May 15, 2006 (POTW #56)

May 8, 2006 (POTW #55)

May 1, 2006 (POTW #54)

April 24, 2006 (POTW #53)

April 17, 2006 (POTW #52)

April 10, 2006 (POTW #51)

April 3, 2006 (POTW #50)

March 27, 2006 (POTW #49)

March 20, 2006 (POTW #48)

March 13, 2006 (POTW #47)

March 6, 2006 (POTW #46)

February 27, 2006 (POTW #45)

February 21, 2006 (POTW #44)

February 13, 2006 (POTW #43)

February 6, 2006 (POTW #42)

January 30, 2006 (POTW #41)

January 23, 2006 (POTW #40)

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)