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 BassMicropterus 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)
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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)