Photos of the Week #155

April 7, 2008

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Luke Bitton
First submission to POTW!

4/3/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon

Male Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons

Canon Powershot A540
Canon housing

Jen Tople

4/1/2008
La Jolla Shores

Roughback Sculpin
Chitonotus pugetensis

Nikon D70s
Dual DS-50 strobes
60mm lens

David Canchola

4/5/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Intova IC600
PX21 flash

Roger Uzun

4/5/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

eats a crab (look closely!)

Sony HC9 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing with flat port and +1 diopter filter
2x100W Pro Watt Scuba Video Lights

Barbie Lass

4/6/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Two divers who apparently never heard of p-valves...

Sea & Sea DX 3000

Steve Murvine

4/5/2008
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

in front of Bat Stars
Asterina miniata

Canon SD-750

Kim Mitchell

4/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

A hermit crab, probably
Phimochirus californiensis

Canon Powershot S410

Kevin Lee

4/4/2008
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait

Weedy Scorpionfish
Rhinopias frondosa

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110s

Mike Bartick

3/31/2008
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait

Stargazer
Uranoscopus sp.

Nikon D300
Sea and Sea housing

Dan Scanderbeg

4/1/2008
Oahu, Hawaii

Corsair wreck

Canon A95
Canon housing

Chris Nelson

4/4/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Roger Carlson

4/6/2008
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus E-410
50mm lens (cropped image)
Athena Ring Flash

Pete Hergesheimer

4/5/2008
La Jolla Shores

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon Powershot SD700
Internal Flash

Scott McGee

4/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/200

Matt Cerezo

4/5/2008
La Jolla Cove

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Ryan Mable

4/6/2008
La Jolla Shores

Diver Matt Cerezo

Sea & Sea DX-860G

Steve Gardner

4/5/2008
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

on a California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Olympus c5050z
Olympus housing
Internal flash

Terry Strait

4/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Mantis Shrimp
Pseudosquillopsis marmorata

Nikon D40x
f16, 1/125, ISO 200

Jim Lyle

4/6/2008
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/10, 1/60, ISO 100

Bill Thorpe

3/31/2008
The Philippines
Puerto Galera

Green Sea Turtle with remora
Chelonia mydas

Canon PowerShot S70

Allison Vitsky

4/2/2008
Revillagigedos Islands
Roca Partida

Manta
Manta birostris

Canon EOS 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125's
Sigma 15mm fisheye lens

Scott Gietler

4/2/2008
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park

Polyorchis penicillatus

Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110's
60mm lens

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