Photos of the Week #55

May 8, 2006

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Mike Bartick

5/3/2006
Anacapa Island

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

in a sea urchin test

Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
1 DS 125 strobe w/ ttl lighting
60 mm macro

Jim Lyle

5/7/2006
Cozumel, Mexico

Turtle
Green or Hawksbill?

Olympus c5050
dual Ike DS-125 strobes
wide angle lens adapter
f/4.0, 1/250

Steve Briggs

5/4/2006
La Jolla Shores

Leaf Barnacles
Pollicipes polymerus

Canon A95
Canon housing

Dave McNair

5/6/2006
Lake Mojave

Diver Hunza Kotas inspects a bus

Nikon CoolPix
No flash

Stephanie Truhlar

5/7/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Rainbow Dendronotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris

Canon Powershot A520

Dan Scanderbeg

5/7/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon A95
Canon housing
f/2.8, 1/60

Margaret Webb

5/7/2006
Catalina Island
Emerald Bay

Garibaldi with copepods
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes
no add-on lenses
f/4, 1/125

Rick Ramsey

5/1/2006
Klein Bonaire
Nearest Point

Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/Flash

Donna Ramsey

5/2/2006
Bonaire
Wreck of the Hilma Hooker

Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing

Peter McGuinness

5/2/2006
Key Largo, Florida
Above the wreck of the
Spiegel Grove

Divers on a line

Barbara Lloyd

5/7/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

California Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus californicus

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/2.4, 1/30, ISO 100
Wide Angle (7.1 mm)

Terry Strait

5/1/2006
La Jolla Shores

Colorful Dirona
Dirona picta

Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite Housing
DS125 and DS50 Strobe

Tracy Clark

5/5/2006
La Jolla Shores

Small Clam
unidentified

Olympus 770
Housed Olympus flash and Nikonos 105 strobe

Rob Johnson

5/7/2006
La Jolla Shores

Carpenter's Turrid
Megasurcula carpenteriana

Smooth Brittle Star
Ophioplocus esmarki

Canon SD 110 3.2 MP
Sealife SL 960 strobe

Steve Murvine

5/3/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Richard Girouard and Stan House in 50-60 foot visibility

Sony DSC w-7

Richard Girouard

5/3/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Canon SD500
Canon Housing
Internal strobe

Kevin Lee

5/3/2006
Catalina Island
Little Geiger

A very strange-looking sea cucumber; it might be

Sea Cucumber
Holothuria zacae

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90-DX strobes

Robert Todd

5/4/2006
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch
155'

Diver Martin Perez

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite Housing
Inon UWL-100 Lens
Natural Light
f/2.8, 1/25, ISO 100

Matt Gieselman

5/7/2006
Maui, Hawaii
Five Caves

Turtle
unidentified

Canon 20D
Ikelite DS-125 x2
EF-S 60mm Macro Lens

Previous Weeks:

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)