Photos of the Week #169

July 14, 2008

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John Nolan
First submission to POTW!

7/5/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Photographer Jim Lyle

Derek Tarr
First submission to POTW!

7/12/2008
Catalina Island
Wreck of the Sujac

Mating Spanish Shawls
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D200
Dual Ikelite DS 125 strobes

Shauna McGillivray

7/12/2008
Monterey
Monastery Beach

Maroon Hermit Crab
Paguristes hemphilli

with attached limpet
Unidentified

Canon A570IS
Internal flash

Steve Gardner

7/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Mating California Sea Hares
Aplysia californica

Olympus C5050z
Ikelite Housing
Inon D-180S strobe

Laura Coburn

7/5/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Dendronotus iris

Canon G9
Canon housing
Sea&Sea strobe setup

Jim Lyle

7/13/2008
Palos Verdes
Buchanan's Reef

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125s
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/12, 1/60, ISO 100

Antonio Frias

7/13/2008
Los Coronados
Isla Coronado Norte

Mexichromis porterae

Nikon D300
Dual YS250 Sea and Sea strobes
Nikon 105mm with +3 Diopter

Brian McHugh

7/12/2008
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels

Dendronotus albus

On a corraline algae
Calliarthron sp.

Sea Life DC 600
Sea Life digital strobe
Wide angle lens

Roger Carlson

7/12/2008
Catalina Island
Parson's Landing

Male Garibaldi guarding eggs
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus E-330
Single Ikelite DS125 strobe
7-14mm lens

Kim Mitchell

7/7/2008
La Jolla Shores

A pair of sculpins guarding eggs
probably Pithead Sculpins
Icelinus cavifrons

Canon Powershot S410

Terry Strait

7/11/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D40x
f/22, 1/60, ISO 200

Mike Bartick

7/9/2008
Catalina Island

Dendronotus iris

Nikon D80
Single YS-110 strobe

Allison Vitsky

7/12/2008
Catalina Island
Lion Head

Diver Calvin Penfound

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite strobes
10-22mm lens set at 10 mm

Chris Nelson

7/14/2008
La Jolla Kelp

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Single YS-110 strobe

Margaret Webb

7/13/2008
Santa Monica Bay

Feasting on a bait ball

Brown Pelicans
Pelecanus occidentalis

Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins
Tursiops truncatus

Olympus E-330
50-200mm lens

Dave Rudie

7/11/2008
South Point Loma
50 feet

Red Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus SP-350
Inon strobe
Inon wide angle lens

Matt Cerezo

7/12/2008
La Jolla Shores

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Sealife DC600

Jimmy Yuan

7/11/2008
Monterey
Point Lobos
Whaler's Cove

Tritonia festiva

Canon Powershot A620

Julianne Steers

7/12/2008
Catalina Island

Juvenile Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Canon Powershot Pro 1
Sea and Sea YS-90 Auto Duo Strobe

Richard Vaughn

7/13/2008
Victoria, Australia
Port Phillip Bay
Queenscliff
60 feet

Southern Blue Devil
Paraplesiops meleagris

Olympus FE-230
Macro

Scott McGee

7/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Austraeolis stearnsi

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

Jen Tople

7/13/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Diver Josh O'Brien

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobe

Kathy Bouic

7/10/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Peltodoris nobilis

Olympus SP-310
Internal flash and a Canon HID light for additional light source

Tracy Clark

7/12/2008
La Jolla Shores

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

eating a Sanddab
Citharichthys sp.

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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