Photos of the Week #73
September 11, 2006
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Stuart Berryhill
8/24/2006
Anacapa Island
Cathedral Cove
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Nikonos V (Film)
YS-60 strobe
28mm lens on an extension tube
Dave Rudie
9/9/2006 La Jolla
Horseshoe, south of Casa
Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus
Olympus SP-350
Internal flash
Virginia Hatter
9/9/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Cousteau Plaque
Diver Marla looking at the Jacques Cousteau plaque
$14.95 SnapShot Camera with Housing
Steve Murvine
9/10/2006
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Gorgonian coverd in
Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum
Sony DSC-w7
Volker Kilian
9/4/2006 Kauai, Hawaii
Koloa Landing
Dragon Moray
Enchelycore pardalis
Laurel Valker
9/9/2006 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Juvenile Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis
Olympus C-5050
Internal flash
Tracy Clark
9/9/2006
Offshore San Diego
Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
Nikon D70
14mm lens
Matt Gieselman
9/9/2006 La Jolla Shores
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica
Canon 20D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
Canon 60mm Macro
Todd Warshaw
9/8/2006 Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Subal housing
Steve Briggs
9/10/2006
La Jolla Shores
Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii
on a dead Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis
Canon A95
Canon housing
Antonio Frias
9/6/2006
Baja California, Mexico
Los Coronados
Diver and a
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
Nikon D70
Subal Housing
Double Inon 220 Strobes
12-24mm lens
Donna Ramsey
9/10/2006 Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower
Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Metridium
Metridium senile
Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash
Michael Strickland
9/8/2006
La Jolla Cove
White Seabass
Cynoscion nobilis
Canon A95
Kevin Lee
9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Cuthona divae
Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes
Mark Pidcoe
9/9/2006 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
82'
Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata
Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Probably Chaetopterus sp.
Sony DSC-F828
Dual DS-50 strobes
Scott McGee
9/6/2006
Laguna Beach Wood's Cove
California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus
Canon Powershot A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser
Barbara Lloyd
9/9/2006 La Jolla Shores Near the Main Point
Diver Mike Bear watching crab eating
Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis
Eel Grass
Zostera marina var. latifolia
Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.5, 1/80, ISO 50
Steve Gardner
9/5/2006 La Jolla Shores
Hornyhead Tubot
Pleuronichthys verticalis
Leech
Unidentified
Olympus c5050z
One Ikelite DS 50 Strobe
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode
Robert Todd
9/8/2006
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden
30'
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica
Olympus C4000
Ikelite Housing
DS 125 Strobe
f/3.2, 1/500, ISO 100.
Dean Uyeda
9/9/2006 Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Metridium
Metridium senile
Dan Schooler
9/10/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Wreck of the Sujac
California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Olympus Stylus 600
Internal Strobe
Dan Zoglio
9/9/2006 La Jolla Shores North Wall
White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata
Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata
Olympus Stylus 410
Internal Flash
Margaret Webb
9/9/2006
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica
Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis
Olympus c5050
Dual Ikelite DS 125 strobes
Wide angle lens
Jim Lyle
9/9/2006
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon
Diver Margaret Webb next to an invertebrate-covered section of wreck.
Olympus c5050
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens adapter
Roger Carlson
9/8/2006
San Miguel Island
Wilson's Rock
Great visibility at Wilson's Rock
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus
Olympus 5050
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes and manual EV controllers
Inon wide lens
Previous Weeks:
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)