Photos of the Week #144

January 21, 2008

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Tracy Clark

1/21/2008
La Jolla Shores

Common Squid
Loligo opalescens

...with squid egg sacs in the background

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Walt Conklin

1/20/2008
Redondo Canyon

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Internal strobe

Kevin Lee

1/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Brown Shrimp
Farfantepenaeus californiensis

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 Strobes

Jen Tople

1/21/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Common Squid
Loligo opalescens

Nikon D70s
Dual DS-50 strobes

Dave Rudie

1/17/2008
Quintana Roo, Mexico
Isla Mujeres

Atlantic Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus

White Grunt
Haemulon plumieri

Olympus SP-350
Inon external strobe

Mike Herndon

1/19/2008
Catalina Island
Wreck of the Valiant

Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus SP-350
Sea & Sea YS15 strobe

Margaret Webb

1/19/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes

Olympus E-330
Dual DS125 strobes
50mm lens
f/8, 1/100

Peter Brueggeman

1/20/2008
La Jolla Shores

Common Squid
Loligo opalescens

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Scott McGee

1/20/2008
Laguna Beach
Crescent Cove

Black Dorid laying eggs
Polycera atra

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Terry Strait

1/20/2008
Maui, Hawaii
Ulua

Commerson’s Frogfish
Antennarius commerson

Nikon D40x

Spencer Tuck

1/20/2008
Maui, Hawaii
White Rock

Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
Canthigaster jactator

Canon Rebel XTi
Single YS90 DX strobe

Allison Vitsky

1/19/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Diver Jen Tople looks through...

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium senile

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS 125's
50mm macro lens

Steve Gardner

1/19/2008
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Common Squid
Loligo opalescens

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus c5050z
One strobe

Nathan Asaro

1/16/2008
Roatan, Honduras

Sea Turtle
Unidentified

Canon 710

Rick Anderson

1/12/2008
Maui, Hawaii
Makena

Frogfish, perhaps a
Painted Frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Canon Powershot SD900
Internal strobe

Jim Swanson

1/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Dock Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Phil Garner

1/20/2008
San Pedro
Fog Wreck

Volunteers from Ocean Defenders Alliance bring a trawl net aboard. The net was removed by Merry Passage, Ross Overstreet and Phil Garner.

Fujifilm E900
f/5.4, 1/75, ISO100

Dori Dirig

1/20/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS50/DS125 strobes (TTL)

Chris Nelson

1/20/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Internal flash

Mike McCanna

1/21/2008
La Jolla Shores
Near the North Wall

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Nikon P5000
Ikelite housing
DS-51 Strobe

Julianne Steers

1/19/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Hopkin's Rose laying eggs
Okenia rosacea

and its food source, the bryozoan
Eurystomella sp.

Canon PowerShot S510

Steve Murvine

1/19/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon SD-750

Laura Coburn

1/20/2008
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Canon SD700IS
Canon housing

Jim Lyle

1/19/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

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

Bob Bayer

1/20/2008
La Jolla Shores

Common Squid
Loligo opalescens

...with squid egg sacs in the background; the red arms indicate mating

Nikon D70
Two Ikelite DS51 strobes

Roger Uzun

1/18–19/2008
La Jolla

4:30-min video clip

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder

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