Russ Haight
First submission to POTW!
10/28/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Three Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Sony DSC-N1
Sony MarinePack housing
Ambient light
Terry Strait
10/25/2007 La Jolla Shores
Sunset through the ash
Nikon D40x
50mm/1.8 Nikkor
f/11, 1/160, ISO 100
Bob Bayer
10/26/2007
San Clemente Island
Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus
Nikon D200
Ikelite strobes
60mm lens
Walt Conklin
10/23/2007
Redondo Canyon
A Swimming Crab
Portunua xantusii
eating a worm
Family Nephtyidae
Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Internal strobe
Rick Ramsey
10/18/2007
Santa Cruz Island
Bowen Point
Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Donna Ramsey
10/19/2007
Santa Cruz Island
Yellow Banks
A pair of Brown Rock Crabs
Cancer antennarius
Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Kim Mitchell
10/27/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Cerberilla pungoarena
Canon Powershot S410
Allison Vitsky
10/26/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae
Canon G7
Two DS125's
Scott McGee
10/28/2007
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica
Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 Strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/60
Steve Gardner
10/27/2007 La Jolla Shores
Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Olympus c5050z
Two Ikelite DS 50 strobes
Supermacro
Julianne Steers
10/27/2007
San Clemente Island
Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Canon Powershot Pro1
Ikelite housing
Sea and Sea YS-90 strobe
Jen Tople
10/30/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E
Polycera tricolor (top)
Janolus barbarensis (bottom)
Olympus C-5050
DS-50 Strobe
Manual Focus
Roger Carlson
10/27/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus
Olympus E410
Athena Ring Flash
50mm lens & 1.4 Teleconverter
Garry McCarthy
10/28/2007
Zion National Park
Virgin River at the
Temple of Sinewava
Nikon D70s
18-55mm zoom
6-second exposure
Spencer Tuck
10/24/2007
La Jolla Shores
Northern Kelp Crab
Pugetta producta
Canon A640
Single Sea&Sea YS-9
Kevin Lee
10/27/2007
Palos Verdes
Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi
Bat Star
Asterina miniata
Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
Tony So
10/27/2007
Point Loma Kelp
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica
Canon SD700
Internal Flash
Dave Rudie
10/29/2007
Point Loma
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Olympus sp-320
Internal flash
Dan Scanderbeg
10/28/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
Intermediate-age Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
Canon A95
Canon housing
Mike Bartick
10/21-10/26/2007
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz
Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
Ikelite strobes
60mm and 10.5mm fisheye lenses
Ruth Harris
10/28/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea
Sea & Sea 750G
Internal flash
Tracy Clark
10/28/2007
La Jolla Shores
Armina californica
on it's food source:
Sea Pansy
Renilla koellikeri
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Scott Gietler
10/27/2007
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef
Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis
Nikon D80
Dual YS-110s
105mm lens
Clint Crowe
10/28/2007
Lakeside
The feared and highly ferocious
Pumpkin Fish
Canon A710IS
Roger Uzun
10/14 & 10/20/2007 Los Coronados
2:52 min video clip
Click to play video clip
Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder
Natural light and 2x100W Pro Watt Scuba Halogen lights