Photos of the Week #81

November 6, 2006

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Mike Bartick

10/31/2006
Kona, Hawaii

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Canon Digital Rebel XT
15mm lens
Ambient light

David Hershman

11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Olympus 720SW
Olympus housing
Internal Flash

Jim Metzger

10/3/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Kelp Bass with injury
Paralabrax clathratus

Sealife DC500
Dual SL90D Strobes
24mm fisheye lens

Steve Briggs

11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Canon A95
Canon housing

Margaret Webb

11/5/2006
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite DS 125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens
f/2.8, 1/50

Bill Thorpe

9/27/2006
Galapagos
Darwin Island

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Canon S70

Kevin Lee

11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Isopod
Pentidotea resecata

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

David Dirig

11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Near Three Fingers

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Robert Todd

11/5/2006
Scripps Canyon

"T. ceratops, first identified by G. Spalding III, who is so well known for discovering other creatures of the deep."

Olympus C4000
Ikelite housing
DS125 Strobe (1/4 power)
f/3.2, 1/500, ISO 100

Terry Strait

11/4/2006
Point Loma Kelpl

Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor

Olympus C8080WZ
Ikelite DS125 strobe in TTL mode

Steve Gardner

11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores

Diver Kerry Mahoney and a

Dead Juvenile Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
f/8, ISO 100, Supermacro

Barbara Lloyd

11/1/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/5, 1/60, ISO 100, 7.1mm

Cynthia Velazquez

11/2/2006
Key Largo, Florida

Rainbow Parrotfish
Scarus guacamaia

Sargeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis

Yellowtail Snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus

Canon A75

Dallas Poore

11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon 350D
Ikelite DS-125 with HID Light Cannon 100
60mm lens

Jen Tople

10/28/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Chromodoris macfarlandi

Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe

Virginia Hatter

11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

A fuzzy flatfish, perhaps a
Fantail Sole?

$14.95 SNAPSIGHTS camera, housing included

Herb Gruenhagen

11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Frame grab from video

"Male Sheephead after he "kissed" my front lens."

Tracy Clark

11/4/2006
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Karla Preece

10/14/2006
Coral Sea off Eastern Australia
Osprey Reef

Diver Todd Preece and a

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

Mark Pidcoe

11/1/2006
Oahu, Hawaii
Wreck of the YO-257

Arc-eyed Hawkfish
Paracirrhites arcatus

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-50 strobes

Greg Morris

11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Sea Turtle
(species?)

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Previous Weeks:

October 30, 2006 (POTW #80)

October 23, 2006 (POTW #79)

October 16, 2006 (POTW #78)

October 9, 2006 (POTW #77)

October 2, 2006 (POTW #76)

September 25, 2006 (POTW #75)

September 18, 2006 (POTW #74)

September 11, 2006 (POTW #73)

September 5, 2006 (POTW #72)

August 28, 2006 (POTW #71)

August 21, 2006 (POTW #70)

August 14, 2006 (POTW #69)

August 7, 2006 (POTW #68)

July 31, 2006 (POTW #67)

July 24, 2006 (POTW #66)

July 17, 2006 (POTW #65)

July 10, 2006 (POTW #64)

July 3, 2006 (POTW #63)

June 26, 2006 (POTW #62)

June 19, 2006 (POTW #61)

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)

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)