Photos of the Week #117
July 16, 2007
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Cody Wells
First submission to POTW!
7/15/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Canon A620
Sea & Sea YS-55 Strobe at lowest power setting
f/3.5, 1/500, ISO 200
Melin Isa
First submission to POTW!
7/12/2007 Mission Bay
Horn Shark egg casing
Heterodontus francisci
Olympus Stylus 600
Alan Manns
First submission to POTW!
7/10/2007
Moorea, Tahiti
Arii Vahine
Lemon Shark
Negaprion acutidens
Canon SD500
In natural light at around 50'
Mike Bartick
7/8/2007 Anacapa Island
Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica
Canon XTi
Two 2 DS 125 strobes
15mm lens
Lisa Munger
7/12/2007
La Jolla Cove
Soupfin (Tope) Shark
Galeorhinus galeus
Olympus C-4000
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
Inon wide-angle lens
Pete Hergesheimer
7/15/2007
La Jolla Shores
Sea Pansy
Renilla koellikeri
Canon Powershot 700is
Flash Diffuser
Tracy Clark
7/14/2007
Point Loma
Treefish
Sebastes serriceps
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Terry Strait
7/15/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Jimmy Yuan
7/15/2007 Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis
Canon Powershot A620
Phil Garner
7/15/2007
Long Beach
Fog Wreck
Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
Fuji FinePix E900
Thomas Cook
7/14/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
Unidentified skeleton piece
Olympus C-770
Olympus housing
Randy Sysol
7/13/2007
La Jolla Cove
Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica
Nikon D-80
Iklelite Housing
DS-125 Strobe
Chris Brechtel
7/15/2007 Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae
Canon S500
Internal flash
Macro mode
Jim Lyle
7/14/2007
Redondo Beach
The Barge
Female California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50 mm lens
f/10, 1/100, ISO 200
Scott Gietler
7/13/2007 Malibu
Point Dume Pinnacles
35 feet
Juvenile Treefish
Sebastes serriceps
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Nikon D80
Dual YS-90DX strobes
60mm lens
Dallas Poore
7/14/2007
La Jolla Cove
Diver Elliot Jones and a dead
Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata
Canon 350D
Ikelite DS-125
20mm lens
Herb Gruenhagen
7/15/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
California Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchaea californica
Frame grab from video
Rob Johnson
7/12/2007
Mission Bay
A Ghost Shrimp, perhaps
Tidepool Ghost Shrimp
Neotrypaea affinis
Margaret Webb
7/14/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes
Olympus E-330
Two DS 125 strobes
7-14mm lens
Kevin Lee
7/11/2007
Redondo Canyon
90 feet
A lobster shrimp (no common name)
Calocarides sp. , perhaps
Calocarides quinqueseriatus
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
Roger Carlson
7/14/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
The crane on the stern
Olympus E330
Olympus housing
Ikelite DS125 strobes & EV controllers
64 inches of ULCS floatation arms
7-14mm lens
Jen Tople
7/15/2007
San Pedro
Oil Rig Eureka
Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
on a bed of Metridium , mussels, and spiny brittle stars
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
Matt Gieselman
7/15/2007
La Jolla Shores
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
Leptocottus armatus
Canon EOS 20D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
EF-S 60 mm lens
Steve Nau
7/9/2007
Cozumel, Mexico
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Olympus C50
Eric Wright
First submission to POTW!
6/30/2007
La Jolla Cove
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
38-second video clip
Requires Flash Player 8 or above
Roger Uzun
7/11/2007
Catalina Island
2:13-minute video clip
Requires Flash Player 8 or above
Roger Bly
7/17/2007
La Jolla Cove
Sargo, Soupfin (Tope) Sharks,
Giant Sea Bass, Harbor Seal
2:46-minute video clip
Requires Flash Player 8 or above
Previous Weeks:
July 9, 2007 (POTW #116)
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)
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)
Special Half-year Favorites Page
October 17, 2005 (POTW #26)
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)