Photos of the Week #172

August 4, 2008

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Frederic Pache
First submission to POTW!

8/2/2008
La Jolla Shores

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Casio Exilim EX-z55
EWC-55 housing
Sealife sl960d strobe

Steve Briggs

7/31/2008
La Jolla Shores
100 feet

Target Shrimp
Sicyonia penicillata

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125s

Spencer Tuck

8/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
Single Ikelite DS-125 strobe

David Dirig

8/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125s (TTL)
60mm lens

Dori Dirig

8/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Armed Box Crab
Mursia guadichaudii

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125s (TTL)
60mm lens

Steve Murvine

8/3/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-51 TTL strobe

Volker Kilian

8/3/2008
Scripps Canyon

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus C-7000
Internal flash, backlit by diver

Scott McGee

8/3/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS-125 strobe
105mm lens
f/18,1/160

Tracy Clark

8/2/2008
Point Loma

Black-and-yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chryomelas

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Nathan Asaro

8/3/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Feather Boa Kelp
Egregia menziesii

Canon PowerShot 710
Sea & Sea 110 strobe

Chris Nelson

8/2/2008
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sea & Sea DX-1G
YS-110 strobe

Brian McHugh

7/27/2008
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Loreto
Coronado Island

Pacific Burrfish
Chilomycterus affinis

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Sealife DC600
Wide Angle Lens
Digital Strobe

Jim Swanson

8/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Hornyhead Turbot
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Dave Rudie

8/2/2008
Imperial Beach

Sea urchins attacking a kelp holdfast

Red Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus E410
Inon 240 strobe

Kim Mitchell

8/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Juvenile Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon Powershot S410

Kevin Lee

8/3/2008
La Jolla Shores

A poacher
Xeneretmus sp.

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Shelley Samaritoni

8/1/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon PowerShot G9
Canon WP-DC21 Housing

Mick McMurray

8/2/2008
Point Loma Kelp
65 feet

Mating Doriopsilla albopunctata

Nikon D70
Sea & Sea housing
60mm lens

Allison Vitsky

8/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

Peter Brueggeman

8/2/2008
Point Loma
70 feet

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

eating a Brittle Star
Ophiopteris papillosa

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 strobe

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