Photos of the Week #132

October 29, 2007

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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

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Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder
Natural light and 2x100W Pro Watt Scuba Halogen lights

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