Photos of the Week #189

December 1, 2008

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Jeff Lalonde
First submission to POTW!

11/30/2008
Offshore San Diego
40 feet

Is this a Leucothea pulchra ???

Nikon D200
60mm lens

Walter Heim

11/30/2008
Offshore San Diego
40 feet

Sea Butterfly
Corolla calceola

Panasonic TZ5
Ambient light

Spencer Tuck

11/29/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
60 feet

A sea spider
Order Pycnogonida

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
Single DS125 strobe
60mm lens

Kim Mitchell

11/29/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
60 feet

A sea spider
Order Pycnogonida

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Powershot SD880

Laura Coburn

12/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
South of the Main Wall

A hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Canon G9

Chris Samaritoni

11/25/2008
Palau
Jellyfish Lake

Jellyfish
Mastigias papua

Canon PowerShot G9

Shelley Samaritoni

11/23/2008
Palau
Blue Corner

Chromodoris coi

Canon PowerShot G9

Matt Grace

10/29/2008
Kaui

Dendrodoris tuberculosa

Canon 20D
Ikelite DS-125 strobe
17-40mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

11/30/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Dendronotus iris laying eggs on a

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Nikon N8008s
Sea & Sea YS110 and YS30 strobes
60mm lens
Film: E100VS

Mike Hallack

11/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Probably Dendronotus frondosus

Sand Dollar
Dendraster excentricus

Fujifilm f40fd

Terry Strait

11/25/2008
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Hermaea oliviae

Sand Dollar
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm lens
f/18, 1/80, ISO 200

Dori Dirig

11/28/2008
Santa Rosa Island

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125s (TTL)
60mm lens

David Dirig

11/27/2008
San Miguel Island

Triopha catalinae

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125s (TTL)
60mm lens

Tracy Clark

11/28/2008
Point Loma

Phidiana hiltoni

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Ruth Harris

11/29/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
20 feet

Polycera atra

Sea & Sea 750G
YS27DX strobe

Cynthia Velazquez

11/29/2008
Baja, California
La Bufadora
Piedra Blanca
60 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus Stylus 725

Kevin Lee

11/28/2008
La Jolla Shores

Thornback Ray
Platyrhinoidis triseriata

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Steve Murvine

11/25/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Juvenile Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS-51 strobe

Chris Brechtel

11/29/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
65 feet

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Canon A570IS
Canon housing
Internal flash

Jen Tople

11/25/2008
La Jolla Shores

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite DS125 Strobes
60mm lens

Scott McGee

11/30/2008
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS 125 strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Barbara Lloyd

11/29/2008
Coronados Islands
Open water channel
90 feet

Purple Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

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Sony HVR-V1U
Gates housing
Super wide angle Fathom Imaging port
NiteRider Video Divelights

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