Photos of the Week #84
November 27, 2006
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Craig Kinder
11/25/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides
Nikon D70
60mm
f/13, 1/125
Cynthia Velazquez
11/26/2006 Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
A crevice in the reef
Canon A75
Martha Edge
11/13/2006
Fiji
Bligh Water
E-6
Coral Reef
Olympus C-5050
Inon Strobe
Wide angle lens
Todd Warshaw
11/26/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E
Encrusted Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Canon EOS1D MkII
Subal housing
Peter Brueggeman
11/25/2006 Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi
Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis
Sponge and cup coral
Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe
Thierry Alicourtis
11/16/2006 Salisbury, Dominica
Lauro Reef
Long-snout Seahorse
Hippocampus reidi
Sealife DC250
David Dirig
11/23/2006
Off Santa Cruz Island
Gull Island
Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis
Bat Star
Asterina miniata
White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS50 Substrobe on TTL
Dori Dirig
11/23/2006
Off Santa Cruz Island
Gull Island
Hudson's Dorid
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 substrobe on TTL
Steve Gardner
11/24/2006
La Jolla
God's Rock
Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus
Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro
Sharon Seto Wong
11/24/2006
Scripps Canyon
Diver Steve Gardner
Canon SD700IS
Canon UW Housing
Ikelite DS-50
Jen Tople
11/22/2006
La Jolla Shores
30'
Jellyfish
Polyorchis sp.
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
Mark Pidcoe
11/25/2006 Mission Bay
Mariner's Cove
Juvenile Barred Sand Bass
Paralabrax nebulifer
Camera Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
DS-50 strobes
Jim Lyle
11/25/2006
Redondo Beach
The Barge
Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis
being cleaned by a
Senorita
Oxyjulis californica
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
f/8, 1/30, ISO 200
Randy Sysol
11/21/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus
Olympus C-5050Z
Ikelite DS-125 Strobe
Margaret Webb
11/26/2006
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes
Olympus c5050
Two DS125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens
f/5.6, 1/60
Mike Bartick
11/25/2006
Anacapa Island
Outside Reef
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Canon 350 xt
2 DS 125 strobes
100 mm macro lens
Antonio Frias
11/22/2006
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons
Nikon D70
Subal Housing
Single Inon 220 Strobe
Dan Schooler
11/25/2006
Fiji
Beqa Island
Blue Ribbon Eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita
Olympus Stylus 600
Kyle Kenehan
11/25/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Senorita
Oxyjulis californica
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Nikon D70s
Ikelite Housing
Single Ikelite Strobe
18-70 mm zoom lens
f/7.1, 1/125
Robert Todd
11/24/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata
Olympus C4000
Ikelite Housing
Natural light
f/2.8, 1/50, ISO 100
Herb Gruenhagen
11/22/2006
La Jolla Cove
Diver Jeff Blais
Nikon 8008s
20mm lens
Film: Provia ASA400
Steve Murvine
11/25/2006
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Sony DSC-N2
Marianne Lawrence
11/21/2006
Fiji
Beqa Lagoon
Anemonefish
Unidentified
Canon Powershot A410
Tracy Clark
11/21/2006
La Jolla Shores
Mating Graceful Crabs
Cancer gracilis
Nikon D70
60mm lens
Dallas Poore
11/22/2006
Fiji
Rakiraki, Viti Levu
Anemone and Anemonefish
Unidentified
Canon 350D
Ikelite DS-125 X 2
HID Light Cannon 100
20mm lens
Elliot Jones
(dive buddy of Dallas Poore)
11/22/2006
Fiji
Rakiraki, Viti Levu
Laura and Dallas Poore
Canon 350D
Ikelite DS-125 X 2
HID Light Cannon 100
20mm lens
Richard Anderson
11/24/2006
La Jolla Shores
Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi
Jim Metzger
11/24/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides
Sealife DC500
Single SL90D strobe
Fisheye lens
Richard Alvarado
11/26/2006
Los Coronados
A diver splashing into the water off a dive boat
Canon EOS 20D
Stan House
11/22/2006
La Jolla Shores
Angel Shark
Squatina californica
1-minute video clip
Requires Flash Player 8 or above
Sony TR950
Previous Weeks:
November 20, 2006 (POTW #83)
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)
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)