Photos of the Week #137

December 3, 2007

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Scott Gietler

12/2/2007
Santa Cruz Island
West End

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Nikon D80
Dual YS-110's
105mm lens

Walt Conklin

12/2/2007
Catalina Island
Lion's Head

A siphonophore
Apolemia sp.

Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Ambient light

Tony So

11/29/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon SD700
No flash

Jen Tople

11/29/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D70s
Ikelike DS-50 strobe
60mm lens

Allison Vitsky

12/3/2007
La Jolla Shores

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125's

Terry Strait

11/30/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Diver Kim Mitchell and an

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Nikon D40x
18-55 lens

Kim Mitchell

11/30/2007
La Jolla Shores

Diver Terry Strait in the rain, pre-dive

Canon S410 Powershot

Tracy Clark

12/2/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Nikon D70s
14mm Sigma lens

Robert Todd

12/2/2007
Maui, Hawaii
Backside of Molokini Crater

White-spotted Puffer
Canthigaster jactator

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS125 on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 70 mm
f/9, 1/80, ISO 400

Jimmy Yuan

12/1/2007
San Clemente Island
Block Reef

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis

Canon Powershot A620

Kevin Lee

12/2/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

A clam siphon, probably
Tresus sp.

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Clifford Beshers

11/29/2007
La Jolla
Windansea

Remants of a Pterygophora kelp stalk against the sunset

Canon A630

Roger Uzun

11/22-11/24/2007
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

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