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Brian McHugh First submission to POTW!
7/22/2007
La Jolla Shores
50 feet
Bat Ray Myliobatis californica
Sealife DC600
Natural Light
Nathan Ciurzynski First submission to POTW!
7/21/2007 La Jolla Cove
Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus
Canon IXUS 400
Canon Housing
Internal Flash
Michael Mino First submission to POTW!
7/21/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Anemone Anthopleura sp.
Fujifilm FinePix F30
Dave Rudie
7/22/2007 La Jolla Cove
30 feet
Soupfin Shark (Tope) Galeorhinus galeus
Olympus SP-320
Natural light
Inon wide angle lens
Jen Tople
7/22/2007 Point Loma
Horse Head
Diver Terry Strait and a
Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
Tracy Clark
7/21/2007 Point Loma
Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Cynthia Velazquez
7/21/2007 Catalina Island
Two-spot Octopus Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides
7/20/2007
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait
Hairball
Frogfish Antennarius sp. (Can anyone ID this frogfish?)
Canon XTi
Two 2 DS 125 strobes
60mm lens
"This frogfish actually leeped about a foot up into the water column, landed and tumbled, then repeated..."
Margaret Webb
7/22/2007
Palos Verdes
Buchannan's Reef
Kelp Bass Paralabrax clathratus
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Two DS 125 strobes
50mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 100
Todd Warshaw
7/20/2007
La Jolla Shores
Rainbow Dendronotus Dendronotus iris
Panasonic Lumix FX12
Robert Todd
7/20/2007
The Philippines
In the Kuroshio Current
"The Scripps research vessel R/V Melville on station for deployment of an underwater glider in the Kuroshio Current. Photo taken from the ship's zodiac. Sent via satellite from the ship."
Canon 400D
Sigma 17-70mm at 17mm with polarizer
f/8, 1/200, ISO 100