Photos of the Week #139

December 17, 2007

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Franklin Viola (visiting)
First submission to POTW!

12/12/2007
La Jolla Cove

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D2Xs
Aquatica housing
Ambient light
16mm lens
f/8, 1/250, ISO 400

Kevin Lee

12/13/2007
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef

Mated Painted Greenlings
(Male is darker, top)
Oxylebius pictus

Nikon D200

Allison Vitsky

12/15/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Diver Calvin Penfound near the
NOSC Tower

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125s
Canon EF 10-22mm lens at 10mm

Terry Strait

12/15/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Diver Kim Mitchell

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Ikelite strobes
18-55mm lens at 18mm
f/3.5, 1/80, ISO 200

Walt Conklin

12/16/2007
Santa Cruz Island
Gull Island

California Purple Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Dual YS25 strobes
Wide angle lens

Stuart Berryhill

12/14/2007
Anacapa Island
Channels

Lemon Nudibranch
Peltodoris nobilis

Olympus D-580
YS-60 strobe
Macro mode

Tony So

12/10/2007
La Jolla Shores

Polyorchis penicillatus

Canon SD700
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

12/15/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Sealife DC600
Natural light

Julianne Steers

12/15/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon PowerShot Pro1
Ikelite Housing
Sea-n-Sea YS-90 strobe

Dave Rudie

12/16/2007
La Jolla
Boomer

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus SP-320
Internal flash

Phil Garner

12/15/2007
Palos Verdes
Neptune Cove Arch

Dendrodoris behrensi
(named after Dave Behrens)

Fujifilm E900
f/8, 1/125, ISO 80

Scott McGee

12/15/2007
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

Hopkin's Rose
Okenia rosacea

laying eggs, and

near its food source, the bryozoan
Eurystomella

Fujifilm E900
f/8, 1/125, ISO 80

Mike Herndon

12/16/2007
Anacapa Island

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus SP-350
Sea & Sea YS-15 strobe

David Anderson

12/15/2007
Between Long Beach and
Catalina Island

Common Dolphins bowriding
Delphinus delphis

Nikon D80
Sigma 17-70mm lens at 17mm
f/2.8, 1/30

Matt Gieselman

12/16/2007
Quintana Roo, Mexico
Xcaret
Cenote

Canon 40D
Dual Ikelite DS-125s
Canon EF-S 10-22mm Wide Angle

Steve Murvine

12/16/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Diaulula sandiegensis

in front of

Southern Staghorn Bryozoan
Diaperoecia californica

Canon SD-750

Kim Mitchell

12/15/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon Powershot S410

Mark Davis

12/12/2007
Oahu, Hawaii
Hanauma Bay

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Nikon Coolpix L4
Fantasea FL-4 Housing

Steve Gardner

12/16/2007
La Jolla Shores

The inside of a fairly beaten up (predated?) clam siphon
Unidentified

Olympus c5050z
One strobe

Brad Kuna

12/15/2007
Los Coronados

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

Olympus Stylus 710
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

12/15/2007
La Jolla Shores

Slimy Snailfish
Liparis mucosus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Mark Huising

11/28/2007
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo

Mixed school of Leopard and Golden Grouper
Mycteroperca rosacea

0:41-min video clip

Canon Powershot G9
Canon WP-DC21 housing

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