Photos of the Week #83

November 20, 2006

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Mike Bartick

11/19/2006
Anacapa Island
Underwater Island

Blackeye Goby in a turban snail shell
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Canon 350XT
2 DS 125 strobes
100mm macro lens

Matt Gieselman

11/19/2006
La Jolla Shores

Diver Eric Hergesheimer

Canon G7

Jen Tople

11/18/2006
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe

Mark Pidcoe

11/18/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera

Bluebanded Gobies
Lythrypnus dalli

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-50 Strobes

Richard Girouard

11/18/2006
Point Loma Kelp

Coonstripe or Dock Shrimp
Pandalus gurneyi

Canon SD500
Canon housing

Dave Christenson

11/18/2006
La Jolla Shores

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Sealife DC310
Dual strobes

Rick Ramsey

11/17/2006
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch

Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash

Scott McGee

11/19/2006
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Canon Powershot A95
Internal Flash w/ Diffuser

Margaret Webb

11/19/2006
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite DS 125 strobes,
Inon W/A lens
f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 100

Barbara Lloyd

11/17/2006
Islamorada, Florida Keys
Arnos

Blenny
Can anyone ID this blenny?

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 dual strobes
f/2.8, 1/60, ISO 100, 23.4mm

Terry Strait

11/15/2006
Maui, Hawaii
Black Rock

Mating Imperial Nudibranchs
Risbecia tryoni

Olympus 8080wz
DS50 strobe and TTL sync
f/8, 1/800

Tracy Clark

11/18/2006
Offshore San Diego

Jellyfish, probably
Leuckartiara sp.

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Tom Byrnes

11/18/2006
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mulege
Punta Piedra

Cortez Angelfish
Pomacanthus zonipectus

Olympus SP-250

Jim Lyle

11/19/2006
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Rosy Rockfish
Sebastes rosaceus

Olympus E-330
Dual DS-125 strobes
f/3.5, 1/60

Previous Weeks:

November 13, 2006 (POTW #82)

November 6, 2006 (POTW #81)

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)

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