Photos of the Week #57

May 22, 2006

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Scott McGee

5/21/2006
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium senile

Canon Powershort A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser

Rachel the Dive Master
at Maui Dreams

5/20/2006
Maui, Hawaii
Ulua Beach

Tracy Clark shows us how real photographers work — one camera in each hand!

Here he is using his Olympus 770 to take a video clip of Freckled Snake Eels, which he also photograhed using the Nikon D70 in his other hand (see below).

Canon PowerShot S70

Tracy Clark

5/20/2006
Maui, Hawaii
Ulua Beach

Freckled Snake Eels
Callechelys lutea

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Donna Shelley

5/18/2006
Bonaire
Vista Blue

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
Periclimenes yucatanicus

Giant Anemone
Condylactis gigantea

Olympus C-5050
PT-015 housing
YS-25 strobe

Phil Robledo

5/19/2006
Roatan, Honduras
Newman's Wall

Bearded Fireworm
Hermodice carunculata

Seafan
Gorgonia ventalina

Olympus C-5060
PT020 housing
Inon D2000 stobe
f/4.5, ISO 80

Jeff Polton

5/20/2006
La Jolla Cove

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon S1 IS

Margaret Webb

5/21/2006
Palos Verdes
Bob's Reef

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes
f/5.6, 1/320

Steve Briggs

5/21/2006
La Jolla Shores

Sabellid Worm
Myxicola infundibulum

Canon A95
Canon housing

Jim Lyle

5/18/2006
Cozumel, Mexico

Pipehorse
Acentronura dendritica

Olypus c5050
PT-015 housing
Dual Ike DS-125 strobes
Super macro mode
f/8, 1/250, ISO 64

Terry Strait

5/21/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella sp.

Olypus C8080WZ
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50

Barbara Lloyd

5/20/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Green Anemone close-up
Anthopleura sola

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.2, 1/80, ISO 96
Macro (21.3 mm)

Peter McGuinness

5/20/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Probably Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi

Canon a75
Epoque strobe

John Butler

5/18/2006
Off San Diego
869'

Mating California Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchaea californica

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

Robert Todd

5/20/2006
La Jolla Kelp

Unidentified Worm
Unidentified

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite DS-125, 1/4 power
f/6.3, 1/40, ISO 100

Kevin Lee

5/21/2006
La Jolla Shores

Egg-bearing female Yellow Crab
Cancer anthonyi

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS90DX strobes

Antonio Frias

5/18/2006
Roatan, Honduras

Caribbean Reef Shark
Carcharhinus perezii

Nikon D70
Subal Housing
2 Inon 220 Strobes on very low setting
12-24mm lens
f/8, 1/60, 24mm

Previous Weeks:

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)