Photos of the Week #168

July 7, 2008

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Mike Hallack
First submission to POTW!

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Dendronotus iris

Fujifilm F40fd
Fujifilm housing
Internal flash

Joe Cerezo
First submission to POTW!

7/4/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Diver Matt Cerezo

Sealife DC600
Wide angle lens

Jen Tople

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Above the Main Wall

Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttallii

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobe
60mm lens

Chris Nelson

7/4/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Diver Adam Peck and

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Sea & Sea DX-1G camera

Brian McHugh

7/4/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Ochre Stars
Pisaster ochraceus

Giant Green Anemones
Anthopleura xanthogrammica

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobes
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

7/3/2008
La Jolla Shores

Filamentous bacteria
Beggiatoa sp.

Olympus C5050z
PT-15 housing

Randy Sysol

7/6/2008
Point Loma
New Hope Rock

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D80
60mm macro lens

Allison Vitsky

7/5/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS 125 strobes
(Backlit by a separate diver holding a Green Force 50 watt HID light)
Sigma 15mm FE lens

Dori Dirig

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Octopus, probably
Octopus rubescens

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

David Dirig

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Chaetopterus sp.

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

Jim Lyle

7/6/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125s
Zuiko 7-14mm lens at 13mm
f/6.3, 1/60, ISO 200

Brett Tischler

7/5/2008
Point Loma Kelp

Lingcod eye
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon D70
Inon D2000 strobes
60mm macro lens

Chris Samaritoni

7/4/2008
Point Loma
Lazy Days wreck

Phidiana hiltoni

Canon PowerShot G9
Canon WP-DC21 Housing

Jimmy Yuan

7/4/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon

Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Canon Powershot A620

Terry Strait

7/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Diver Kim Mitchell and a

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Nikon D40x

Sharon Seto Wong

7/5/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata

Canon G7
Canon UW housing
Ikelite DS50 Strobe

Tracy Clark

7/7/2008
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Stripedfin Ronquil
Rathbunella hypoplecta

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Scott McGee

7/5/2008
La Jolla Shores

Diver Rob Johnson

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
18-70mm lens at 18mm
f/3.5, 1/60

Shauna McGillivray

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores

San Diego Dorids
Diaulula sandiegensis

Canon A570IS
Internal flash

Stuart Berryhill

6/27/2008
Catalina Island

Closeup on a Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera

Nikonos V
YS-60 strobe
28mm lens on an extension tube
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100

Kim Mitchell

7/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sculpin
Artedius sp.

Canon Powershot S410

Steve Christenson

7/3/2008
La Jolla Shores

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

A very small flatfish
Unidentified

Canon SD850IS
Single Se&Sea YS-27DX Strobe

Kevin Lee

7/5/2008
Anacapa Island

Crevice Spider Crab
Herbstia parvifrons

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

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