Photos of the Week #46

March 6, 2006

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Terry Strait

3/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Ronquil
Family Bathymasteridae

Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera

Olympus 8080
DS125 and DS50 strobes
f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 50

Note the intense blue of the anal fin and on the forward portion of the dorsal fin.

Peter McGuinness

3/4/2006
Mission Bay
Quivira Basin
K Dock

Moon Jellies
Aurelia aurita

Canon a75

Margaret Webb

3/5/2006
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef

Jim Lyle shows off his catch

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus C5050Z

Steve Gardner

3/5/2006
La Jolla Shores

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
f/8, 1/100, ISO100
Supermacro

Steve Murvine

3/2/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Sony dsc-w7

Mark Pidcoe

3/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
85'

White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Sony P150
MPK-PHB Housing

Kevin Lee

3/5/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Clingfish
Gobiesox sp.

Olympus C-5060
90DX strobe

Randy Sysol

3/5/2006
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack
30'

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Olympus C5050Z

Barbara Lloyd

3/6/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Anemone
Metridium senile

Oylmpus C-8080
Ikelite housing
f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 50, 24mm
Macro-mode w/ video lighting

Richard Girouard

3/5/2006
Point Loma

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Sponge
Haliclona sp.

Canon SD500

Previous Weeks:

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)