Photos of the Week #61

June 19, 2006

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Kevin Lee

6/12/2006
Bali, Indonesia
Secret Bay

Indian Ocean Walkman
Inimicus filamentosus

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS 90DX strobes

Magnus Kjærgaard

6/17/2006
Carmel Bay
Pescadero Rock

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Bat Star
Asterina miniata

Canon PowerShot A620
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS50 Strobe
f/8.0, 1/500

Barbara Lloyd

6/17/2006
Catalina Island
Twin Peaks

Two California Phoronids
Phoronopsis californica

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.2, 1/60, ISO 100
Macro (23.4 mm)

Steve Briggs

6/18/2006
La Jolla Shores

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Note also the feeding tentacles of a Terebellid Worm (long white strands)

Canon A95
Canon housing

Terry Strait

6/17/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Rainbow Dendronotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris

Olympus 8080wz
Single DS125 strobe with TTL
f/5.6, 1/125th, ISO50

Sue Griffith

6/18/2006
La Jolla Shores

Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella sp.

Nikon Coolpix 5400
Epoque housing and strobes

Rick Anderson

6/17/2006
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Sea Mouse
Aphrodita sp.

Thomas Cook

6/17/2006
Catalina Island
Twin Peaks

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Crowned Sea Urchin
Centrostephanus coronatus

Olympus C-770

Lisa Munger

6/16/2006
Pt. Lobos State Reserve
Whaler's Cove

Cabezon (red variant)
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus 410D
Olympus Housing
Internal flash
f/8.8, 1/30, ISO 250

Steve Murvine

6/14/2006
La Jolla Shores

California Armina
Armina californica

Sony DSC-W7

Dave McNair

6/17/2006
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Ellie

A Mussel (the big one)
Perhaps Mytilus sp.

Perhaps a
Kelp Scallop (the little one)
Leptopecten latiauratus

Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Nikon CoolPix 4100
Internal flash

Tom Byrnes

6/18/2006
La Jolla Cove
Near Buoy A

Jonathan Book demonstrating how good the visibility was!

Olympus SP-350
Olympus housing
No flash

Michael Strickland

6/10/2006
Lake Rawlings, Virginia

Fish inside man-made reef, probably
A Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides

Canon PowerShot A95

Scott McGee

6/18/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis

Canon Powershot A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser

Martha Edge

6/17/2006
Santa Rosa Island

Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva

on Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus 5050
Olympus housing

David Dirig

6/18/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Olympus C8080 in Ikelite with DS-50 strobe

Antonio Frias

6/14/2006
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Anemone
Urticina sp.

Nikon D70
Subal Housing
Single Inon 220 Strobe
60mm lens

Margaret Webb

6/17/2006
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Sculpin
perhaps Smoothhead Sculpin
Artedius lateralis

Olympus c5050
Olympus housing
2 ds 125 strobes

Tracy Clark

6/16/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Feeding on a

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Robert Todd

6/17/2006
Carmel Bay
North Monastery Beach

White-lined Dorid
Dirona albolineata

Olympus C4000
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 Strobe (1/2 power),
Inon UWL-100 Lens
f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 100

Previous Weeks:

June 12, 2006 (POTW #60)

June 5, 2006 (POTW #59)

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)