Photos of the Week #123
August 27, 2007
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Ashley Brock
First submission to POTW!
8/26/2007
La Jolla Marine Room
Angel Shark
Squatina californica
Olympus Stylus 710
Internal flash
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Vollie Williams
First submission to POTW!
8/26/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or
Octopus bimaculoides
Olympus SP350
Olympus housing
Single Reefmaster Strobe
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Dave Rudie
8/26/2007
La Jolla Cove
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Olympus SP-320
Internal flash
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Todd Warshaw
8/28/2007
Torrey Pines
Rockfish on the wreck of the F4 airplane off Torry Pines
Canon EOS 1D Mark II
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Peter Brueggeman
8/25/2007
Oregon
Winchuck River
Rough-skinned Newt
Taricha granulosa
Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe
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Kim Mitchell
8/27/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Navanax
Navanax inermis
Canon Powershot S410
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Dean Uyeda
8/25/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis
...and many cup corals and sponges and a bryozoan
Nikon D70s
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Peter McGuinness
8/25/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Canon a75
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Stephanie Truhlar
8/26/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata
Tubes of Parchment Tube Worms
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Canon Powershot A520
Internal flash and diffuser
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Stuart Berryhill
8/23/2007
Santa Cruz Island
Red Rock
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chrysomelas
Olympus D-580
YS-60 strobe
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Hayley Berryhill
8/23/2007
Santa Cruz Island
Drop-off Reef
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli
Olympus D-580
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Scott Gietler
8/24/2007
Catalina Island Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park
Salema
Xenistius californiensis
in Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Nikon D80
Dual Ys-110 strobes
10mm lens
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Steve Gardner
8/22/2007
La Jolla Shores
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Olympus c5050z
Single strobe
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Dan Scanderbeg
8/24/2007
La Jolla Shores
Barred Sand Bass
Paralabrax nebulifer
Tubes of Parchment Tube Worms
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Canon A95
Canon housing
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Robert Johnson
8/24/2007
Los Coronados
Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi
Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata
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Tracy Clark 8/25/2007
La Jolla Shores
Diver Kerry Mahoney examines parasites on a
Angel Shark
Squatina californica
Nikon D70s
28-70mm lens
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Kevin Lee
8/22/2007
Redondo Canyon
Veteran's Park
Brown Shrimp
Penaeus californicus
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
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Clint Crowe
8/22/2007
Mission Bay Channel
North Jetty
Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci
Navanax
Navanax inermis
Canon A710
Canon WP-DC6 housing
Internal flash
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Roger Uzun
8/24/2007
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo
A blenny eating what may be a goby
Both unidentified
Can anyone ID either?
Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing with flat port
2x100 Watt Halogen Pro Watt Scuba Lights
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Tony So
8/26/2007
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park
Octopus
Octopus sp.
Canon sd700
Internal flash
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Scott McGee
8/25/2007
Laguna Beach
Moss Point
California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS125 Strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/60, ISO 200
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Phil Garner
8/27/2007 Catalina Island
Italian Gardens
Merry Passage and a
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
FujiFilm E900
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Thomas Cook
8/25/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
Navanax
Navanax inermis
Olympus C-770
Olympus housing
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Randy Sysol
8/26/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 Strobe
f/5.3, 1/60, ISO 200
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Shauna McGillivray
8/25/2007
Catalina Island
Norris's Top Snail
Norrisia norrisi
White-ribbed Red Barnacle
Megabalanus californicus
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Canon Powershot S500
Internal flash
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Walt Conklin
8/22/2007 Redondo Canyon
A worm
Sipunculus nudus
Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Single YS-25 strobe
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Michael Mino
8/25/2007
La Jolla Shores
15 feet
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Fujifilm Finepix 30
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Jimmy Yuan
8/26/2007
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park
California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Canon Powershot A620
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Robert Todd
8/25/2007
La Jolla Shores Murray Head
185 feet
Large sponges
Unidentified
Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis
...and several small rockfish
Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS125 strobes on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 17mm
f/9, 1/125, ISO 200
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Terry Strait
8/26/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Juvenile California Sea Hares
Aplysia californica
Olympus 8080
Single DS125 strobe with eTTL
f/3.2, 1/40, ISO 50
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Previous Weeks:
August 20, 2007 (POTW #122)
August 13, 2007 (POTW #121)
August 6, 2007 (POTW #120)
July 30, 2007 (POTW #119)
July 23, 2007 (POTW #118)
July 16, 2007 (POTW #117)
July 9, 2007 (POTW #116)
July 2, 2007 (POTW #115)
June 25, 2007 (POTW #114)
June 18, 2007 (POTW #113)
June 11, 2007 (POTW #112)
June 4, 2007 (POTW #111)
May 29, 2007 (POTW #110)
May 21, 2007 (POTW #109)
May 14, 2007 (POTW #108)
May 7, 2007 (POTW #107)
April 30, 2007 (POTW #106)
April 23, 2007 (POTW #105)
April 16, 2007 (POTW #104)
April 9, 2007 (POTW #103)
April 2, 2007 (POTW #102)
March 26, 2007 (POTW #101)
March 19, 2007 (POTW #100)
March 12, 2007 (POTW #99)
March 5, 2007 (POTW #98)
February 26, 2007 (POTW #97)
February 19, 2007 (POTW #96)
February 12, 2007 (POTW #95)
February 5, 2007 (POTW #94)
January 29, 2007 (POTW #93)
January 22, 2007 (POTW #92)
January 16, 2007 (POTW #91)
January 8, 2007 (POTW #90)
January 2, 2007 (POTW #89)
December 26, 2006 (POTW #88)
December 18, 2006 (POTW #87)
December 11, 2006 (POTW #86)
December 4, 2006 (POTW #85)
November 27, 2006 (POTW #84)
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)