Photos of the Week #141

December 31, 2007

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Ross Overstreet
First submission to POTW!

12/30/2007
Huntington Beach
Huntington Flats

Damage from a gill net

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Fuji FinePix E900

* Two photos, rotating *

Scott McGee

12/29/2007
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS 125 Strobe
105mm lens
f/11, 1/60

Mike Bartick

12/30/2007
Gull Island

Mating Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon D80

Phil Garner

12/30/2007
Huntington Beach
Huntington Flats

Damage from a gill net

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Fuji FinePix E900

* Three photos, rotating *

Peter Brueggeman

12/29/2007
Point Loma Kelp

Red Sea Urchins
Stronglycentrotus franciscanus

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

** These urchins are eating the kelp holdfast from the inside out; eventually the swell will tear this weakened kelp off the bottom.

Terry Strait

12/25/2007
La Jolla Shores
Way North Wall

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
DS125/DS50 strobes
18-55mm lens at 55mm
f/8, 1/60, ISO 200

Tracy Clark

12/29/2007
La Jolla Shores

Probably a Scalyhead Sculpin
Artedius harringtoni

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Margaret Webb

12/29/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Reef

Yellow Crab
Cancer anthonyi

Olympus E-330
Dual DS125 strobes
50mm lens

David Canchola

12/29/2007
La Jolla Shores

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Intova IC600
PX21 strobe

David Anderson

12/29/2007
Maui, Hawaii
Black Rock

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Canon SD700
No flash
f/2.8, 1/200

Steve Murvine

12/24/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Canon SD-750

Steve Gardner

12/26/2007
La Jolla Shores

Coralline Sculpin
Artedius corallinus

Olympus c5050z
Ikelite Houling
Single DS50 Strobe

Mike McCanna

12/28/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

on its main food source, the hydroid,
Eudendrium ramosum

Nikon P5000
Ikelite Housing
DS-51 Substrobe

Ryan Mable

12/30/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Diver Brigida Martinez and a

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Sea & Sea DX-860G

Kevin Lee

12/30/2007
Gull Island

Aeolidiella oliviae

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Walt Conklin

12/25/2007
Palos Verdes
Old Marineland

Jelly
Aurelia labiata

Sea & Sea DX8000G

Pete Hergesheimer

12/24/2007
La Jolla Shores

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon Powershot SD700is
Natural lighting
Frame grab from video

Jim Lyle

12/30/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Smoothhead Sculpin
Artedius lateralis

Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/10, 1/100, ISO 100

Roger Uzun

12/22–12/30/2007
San Diego and
Los Coronados

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