Photos of the Week #58
May 30, 2006
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Sharon Seto Wong
5/22/2006
Bonaire
Spinyhead Blenny
Acanthemblemaria spinosa
Canon SD700 IS
Canon Housing
Digital Macro
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Janell LaPorte
5/22/2006
Curacao
Klein Knip
Very small juvenile Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter
Nikon Coolpix 4600
Nikon WP-3 housing
Internal Flash
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Tom Byrnes
5/20/2006 Santa Barbara Island
Webster's
Where's the Octopus?
Octopus
Octopus sp.
Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Olympus SP350
Internal flash
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Richard Girouard
5/28/2006
Santa Cruz Island
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS-125 & DS-50 strobes
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Donna Ramsey
5/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef
Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis
Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis
Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/flash
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Jim Lyle
5/28/2006 San Pedro
Cabrillo Boat Launch
Photo taken from the surface
Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata
Olympus C5050
f/4, 1/100
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Margaret Webb
5/28/2006
San Pedro
Cabrillo Boat Launch
Photo taken from the surface
Shrimp
Heptacarpus sp.
Olympus Stylus 800
without a housing
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Dallas Poore
5/27/2006 Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus
Ochre Star
Pisaster ochraceus
Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite DS-125 strobe
60mm lens
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Steve Murvine
5/27/2006
Santa Cruz Island
Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
Lots of Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Sony DSC W-7
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Phil Garner
5/29/2006
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Marineland
Probably a
Yellow Snake Eel
Ophichthus zophochir
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Renee Gallo
5/28/2006
Catalina Island
Emerald Cove
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Olympus C-5060
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Tracy Clark
5/29/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E
Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva
The small hitchhiker is a
Juvenile Scaleworm
Family Polynoidae
Nikon D70
60mm lens
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Terry Strait
5/28/2006
Catalina Island
Emerald Cove
California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica
Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite Housing
Single DS125 strobe in TTL mode
f/3.2, 1/50, ISO 50
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Scott McGee
5/29/2006 Laguna Beach
Heisler Park
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Canon Powershort A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser
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Barbara Lloyd
5/29/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E.
Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni
Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.5, 1/30, ISO 100
Macro (35.6 mm)
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Steve Briggs
5/29/2006 Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef
Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus
Canon A95
Canon housing
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Robert Todd
5/28/2006
Baja California, Mexico
Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro Martir
Picacho del Diablo, ~3000 meters ABOVE sea level, highest point in Baja.
Visibility: Sea of Cortez to the edge of the marine layer along the Pacific.
Temp: about the same as diving, just a little less oxygen.
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Dan Scanderbeg
5/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef
Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva
Canon A95
Canon housing
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Richard Anderson
5/27/2006
La Jolla Shores
Below Secret Garden
140'
California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata
Sony TRV 950
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Kevin Lee
5/28/2006
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
Chestnut Cowry laying eggs
Cypraea spadicea
Olympus C-5060
YS-90DX strobes
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Mike Bartick
5/24/2006
Laguna Beach
Diver's Cove
Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica
Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
15 mm wide angle lens
Ambient lighting
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Previous Weeks:
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)