Photos of the Week #116

July 9, 2007

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Randy Sysol

7/8/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Garibaldi caught in a gill net
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D80

Steve Gardner

7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Olympus c5050z
Two strobes

Terry Strait

7/7/2007
Point Loma Kelp

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Olympus 8080
Single DS125 strobe set at half power
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50

Bill Reals

7/1/2007
Tulum, Mexico
Cenote Jailhouse

Diver Bil Philips swimming through the cenote

Canon 20D
Ikelite Housing
Dual 125 strobe

Jen Tople

7/5/2007
Seattle, Washington
Alki Beach
Cove Two

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Being eaten by

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe

Mark Pidcoe

7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
77 feet

White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Also: Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 w/ manual EV Controller

Jim Lyle

7/8/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/10, 1/100, ISO 200

Todd Warshaw

7/4/2007
Jupiter, Florida

Reef Butterflyfish
Cheatodon sedentarius

Canon 1d Mark II
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes

Dori Dirig

7/8/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Rainbow Dendonotus
Dendronotus iris

Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe (TTL)

David Dirig

7/6/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Probably a Pacific Halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis

Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS125/DS50 strobes (TTL)

Margaret Webb

7/8/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Diver Jim Lyle and a

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
Zuiko 7-14 mm lens

Rob Johnson

7/5/2007
Above Scripps Canyon

Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata

Olympus C-5050z

Kim Mitchell

7/6/2007
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Canon Powershot S410

Tracy Clark

7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores

Hornyhead Turbots
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

7/4/2007
La Jolla Shores
Way North Wall

Rainbow Dendonotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris

Nikon N8008s
60mm lens
Film: E100VS

Kevin Lee

7/8/2007
Anacapa Island

Kelpfish
Gibbonsia sp.

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes

Roger Uzun

7/8/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

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Previous Weeks:

July 2, 2007 (POTW #115)

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)

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December 19, 2005 (POTW #35)

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June 20, 2005 (POTW #9)

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May 16, 2005 (POTW #4)

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