Photos of the Week #143

January 14, 2008

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Rick Kennedy
First submission to POTW!

1/9/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Lion Nudibranch on kelp
Melibe leonina

Sony P8
Sony housing
Hartenberger 128 light

Steve Gardner

1/12/2008
La Jolla Shores

Rock Scallops
Crassedoma giganteum

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

...and lots of sponges

Olympus c5050z
One strobe

Walt Conklin

1/10/2008
Redondo Canyon

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

in a Lithopoma shell

with Feather Duster Worm
Eudistylia polymorpha

Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Dual YS-25 Autostrobes

Pete Hergesheimer

1/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon Powershot SD700is
Flash Diffuser

Garry McCarthy

1/12/2008
La Jolla
Children's Pool

Large surf hitting the seawall

Nikon D70s
Nikon 18-55mm lens with a neutral density filter and polarizer, to allow a slower shutter speed. Exposure 1/15 sec.

Kevin Lee

1/13/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park

Paper Nautilus shell
Argonauta sp.

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Allison Vitsky

1/14/2008
La Jolla Shores

Flabellina trilineata

Canon EOS 20D
Dual Ikelite DS 125s

Jen Tople

1/14/2008
La Jolla Shores

Mating Flabellina pricei

Nikon D70s
Dual DS-50 strobes

Julianne E. Steers

1/12/2008
Catalina Island
Arrow Cove

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

with a colonial tunicate, probably
Metandrocarpa taylori

Canon Powershot Pro1
Ikelite Housing
Sea 'n' Sea YS-90 Auto strobe

Jim Lyle

1/13/2008
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Probably an
Olive Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus bellimanus

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/14, 1/100, ISO 100

Karma Jewell

1/9/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

eating an Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus FE-280

Mike Bartick

1/13/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park

Diver Carl and...

Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D80
Sea and Sea housing
Tokina 10-17mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

1/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Mated Painted Greenlings
(the dark one is the male)
Oxylebius pictus

Frame grab from a Sony VX1000

Mark Pidcoe

1/8/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 w/ EV-Manual Controller

Clifford Beshers

1/12/2008
La Jolla
Seal Rock and Children's Pool

Large surf hitting the seawall

Canon Powershot A630

Scott McGee

1/13/2008
La Jolla Cove

Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis

Nikon D200
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Tracy Clark

1/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Aeolidia papillosa

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

David Anderson

1/6/2008
Maui, Hawaii
Mala Pier

Three Green Sea Turtles
Chelonia mydas

Canon SD700
f/2.8, 1/125

Roger Uzun

1/12/2008
Catalina Island and Farnsworth Bank

1:19-min video clip

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder
Pro Watt Scuba 2x100W Halogen Video Lights

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