Photos of the Week #131

October 22, 2007

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Victor Saucedo
First submission to POTW!

10/12/2007
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

Chocolate Chip Sea Star
Nidorellia armata

Olympus Stylus 500
Internal flash

Phil Colla

10/21/2007
Cardiff

Inside a breaking wave

Canon 1D Mark II N
Del Mar housing
15mm fisheye

Kevin Lee

10/20/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Hopkin's Rose
Okenia rosacea

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Scott Gietler

10/20/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

The food source of Okenia rosacea,

The encrusting bryozoan
Integripelta bilabiata

Nikon D80
Dual Ys-110s
105mm lens

Mike Bartick

10/21/2007
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Nikon D80
Sea and Sea housing
Ambient lighting
10.5mm lens

Margaret Webb

10/14/2007
Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wakatobi

Goby on a Sea Pen
Unidentified

Can anyone ID the goby?

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

Tracy Clark

10/19/2007
Point Loma

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

10/15/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Octopus
Octopus

Nikon N8008s
20 mm lens
f/8
Film: E100VS

Pete Hergesheimer

10/20/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

An inquisitive California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon Powershot SD700is
Flash diffuser

Spencer Tuck

10/18/2007
Roatan, Honduras

Caribbean Reef Shark
Carcharhinus perezi

Canon A640
Canon housing
Ambient light

Julianne Steers

10/12/2007
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz

Flatiron Herring
Harengula thrissina

and probably

Shortfin Scad
Decapterus macrosoma

Canon Powershot Pro1
Ikelite housing
Sea and Sea YS-90 strobe

Kim Mitchell

10/22/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Two Black Dorids
Polycera atra

Canon S410 Powershot

Laura Coburn

10/18/2007
Roatan, Honduras
Prince Albert wreck

A Hamlet
Hypoplectrus sp.

Canon SD700IS
Canon housing
Ikelite D40 strobe

Jen Tople

10/16/2007
La Jolla Shores

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Chaetopterus sp.

Stan House

10/16/2007
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranchs
Melibe leonina

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