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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