Photos of the Week #115
July 2, 2007
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Lee Duckwall
Guest Submission from Santa Cruz
First submission to POTW!
6/28/2007 Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica
Sealife DC500
Hayley Berryhill
15-year-old daughter of contributor Stuart Berryhill
First submission to POTW!
6/29/2007
Catalina Island
Blue Cavern
School of Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Olympus D-580
Olympus housing
Daniel Pearlman
First submission to POTW!
6/30/2007
Mission Bay Jetty
Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci
Olympus Stylus 410
Olympus housing
Roger Carlson
7/1/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge
Diver Jim Lyle
Olympus E330
Ikelite DS125 Strobes
7-14mm lens
Jim Lyle
6/30/2007 Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Diver Roger Carlson
Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 7-14mm lens at 7mm
f/7.1, 1/30, ISO 400
Kevin Lee
7/1/2007
Catalina Channel
Oil Flatform Ellie
Diver Mike Bartick (with Linda Blanchard in the background)
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
16mm lens
Mike Bartick
6/29/2007 Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Canon XTi
Ikelite Housing
Dual YS 125 strobes
Fantasea 44 fill light
60mm lens
Mark Pidcoe
6/30/2007
Mission Bay
Mariner's Point
Navanax
Navanax inermis
Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Single DS-50 Strobe with Manual EV Controller
Jen Tople
7/1/2007
La Jolla Shores
South Wall
Hedgpeth's Dorid
Polycera hedgpethi
The round thing the Polycera is on is perhaps a species of the bryozoan Membranopora
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
Todd Warshaw
7/3/2007
Jupiter, Florida
Area 51
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Canon 1d Mark II
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Randy Lester
6/29/2007 Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
Nikon D70
Dual DS125 strobes
105mm macro lens
Jimmy Yuan
7/1/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata
Canon Powershot A620
Robert Todd
6/30/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Piedra Blanca
Giant Green Anemone
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125 strobes on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 70 mm
f/9.0, 1/125, ISO 200
Kim Mitchell
6/30/2007 Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E
Giant Acorn Barnacle
Balanus nubilus
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Canon Powershot S410
Terry Strait
6/30/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
Rainbow Dendonotus
Dendronotus iris
on its food source:
Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Lisa Munger
6/30/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Eagle Rock
Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae
next to a:
Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi
Olympus C-4000
Ikelite housing
Built-in flash
Margaret Webb
7/1/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge
Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea
Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
Sigma 105mm lens
Mya Breitbart
Guest contributor from The University of South Florida, College of Marine Science — formerly a graduate student at SDSU
7/3/2007
Bermuda
Tobacco Bay
Blenny
Acanthemblemaria sp??
(can anyone ID this blenny?)
Nikon Coolpix 5200
Roger Uzun
7/1/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Second White Rock
Rainbow Star
Orthasterias koehleri
Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis
Red Sea Urchin
Stronglocentrotus franciscanus
Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing
Pro Watt Scuba 2x50W Video Lights
Steve Gardner
7/1/2007
La Jolla Shores
Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata
Olympus c5050z
Single Ikelite DS50 Strobe
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode
Matt Melidonian
6/23/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
Sealife ReefMaster 35mm
Reef Master/External Flash
Kyle Kenehan
6/27/2007
Point Loma Kelp
Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Nikon D70s
Single Ikelite DS125 Substrobe
60mm macro lens
Dave Rudie
7/1/2007
Point Loma Kelp
Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata
Olympus sp-320
Natural light near the surface
Dallas Poore
7/1/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Canon 350D
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
60mm lens
f/2.8
Stan House
6/28/2007
La Jolla Shores
Lion Nudibranchs, feeding
Melibe leonina
1:22-minute video clip
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Previous Weeks:
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)
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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)