Photos of the Week #128
October 1, 2007
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Matt Cerezo
First submission to POTW!
9/23/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
Southern Sea Palm
Eisenia arborea
Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.
Sealife DC600
External strobe
Wide-angle lens
Daira Paulson
First submission to POTW!
9/27/2007
La Jolla Cove
5 feet
Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus
Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.
Canon SD550
Julianne Steers
First submission to POTW!
9/22/2007 Near Catalina Island
Farnsworth Bank
Jelly
Unidentified
Perhaps Aurelia labiata?
Canon PowerShot Pro1
Ikelite housing
Mark Pidcoe
9/25/2007
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
Diver Steve Gardner
Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
DS-50 strobe w/ manual EV Controller
Steve Gardner
9/28/2007
La Jolla Shores
Navanax
Navanax inermis
Olympus c5050z
PT015 Housing
Onboard flash
Terry Strait
9/29/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite DS125 strobe
f/2.4, 1/40
Steve Murvine
9/30/2007 Los Coronados
California (Purple) Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus
Canon SD-750
Mark Chapman
9/29/2007 Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
Nikon D70
f//11, 1/100
Jen Tople
9/29/2007 Los Coronados
La Mesa
Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae
Olympus 5050
DS-50 Strobe
David Dirig
9/30/2007
La Jolla
Children's Pool
Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus
Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.
Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS 125 & DS50 strobes (TTL)
Scott McGee
9/30/2007
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
eating from its regular food source,
the hydroid
Eudendrium ramosum
Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
105mm lens
f/16, 1/60
Tracy Clark
9/25/2007
Hawaii (Big Island)
Blackside Hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Steve Briggs
9/29/2007
La Jolla Shores
Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi
Olympus E330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
50mm macro lens
Walt Conklin
9/26/2007
Redondo Canyon
Veteran's Park
Colorful Dirona
Dirona picta
Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Internal strobe
Brian McHugh
9/30/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis
Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus
Sea Life DC 600
with strobe and wide angle lens
David Christenson
9/27/2007
La Jolla Cove
Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
SeaLife 310
Dual strobes
8X macro lens
Steve Christenson
9/29/2007
La Jolla Cove
Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Canon SD850IS
WP-DC15 housing
Natural light
Jimmy Yuan
9/30/2007
Point Loma Kelp
A lobate comb jelly
Leucothea pulchra
Canon Powershot A620
Pete Hergesheimer
9/25/2007 La Jolla Cove
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Canon Powershot SD700is
Flash Diffuser
Dave Rudie
9/29/2007
Point Loma
25 feet
California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus
Olympus sp-320
Internal flash
Wide-angle lens
Laura Coburn
9/29/2007
Point Loma
Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis
on an orange sponge?
Canon SD700
Brenda Bridgett
9/25/2007 La Jolla Shores
A tunicate, perhaps
Corella willmeriana
Sealife DC600
Internal flash
Allison Vitsky
9/29/2007
Los Coronados
Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi
Canon G7
Dual Ikelite DS125's
Neal Atkinson
9/29/2007 La Jolla Cove
Rockpile
Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
...and a blackeye goby, adult blacksmith, juvenile blacksmith, giant spined star, red sea urchin...
Canon PowerShot GS45
Internal Flash
Mike Bartick
10/1/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata
Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
Single YS 95 strobe
full manual
60mm lens
Matt Gieselman
9/25/2007
La Jolla Cove
Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Click to play WMV video clip
Roger Uzun
Week of 9/24/2007
Bahamas
Click to play video clip
Alternate QuickTime video clip
Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder
Natural light and 2x100W Pro Watt Scuba Halogen lights
Sharon Seto Wong
9/11/2007
Galapagos Islands
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Click to play video clip
Alternate QuickTime video clip
Previous Weeks:
September 24, 2007 (POTW #127)
September 17, 2007 (POTW #126)
September 10, 2007 (POTW #125)
September 4, 2007 (POTW #124)
August 27, 2007 (POTW #123)
August 20, 2007 (POTW #122)
August 13, 2007 (POTW #121)
August 6, 2007 (POTW #120)
July 30, 2007 (POTW #119)
July 23, 2007 (POTW #118)
July 16, 2007 (POTW #117)
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)