Photos of the Week #170

July 21, 2008

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George Foster
First submission to POTW!

7/18/2008
Los Coronados
Middle Ground
Three Fingers

Garibaldi cleaning house
Hypsypops rubicundus

Bat Star
Asterina miniata

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
60mm Nikkor lens
f/25, 1/100, ISO 200

Allison Vitsky

7/19/2008
La Jolla Shores

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

Peter Brueggeman

7/20/2008
Point Loma

Scallop
Crassedoma giganteum

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS 125 strobe

Margaret Webb

7/20/2008
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Octopus
Octopus sp.

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Olympus E-330
50mm lens with a 1.4 teleconverter

Scott McGee

7/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Austraeolis stearnsi

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

Mike Bartick

7/15/2008
Redondo Beach
Vets Park

Catriona columbiana

Two Skeleton Shrimp
Infraorder Caprellida

Nikon D300
60mm lens

Jim Lyle

7/20/2008
Catalina Island
Johnson's Rock

A Kelp or Olive Rockfish
Unidentified

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/8, 1/60, ISO 100

Jim Swanson

7/12/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Mick McMurray

7/19/2008
Point Loma Kelp
60 feet

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Nikon D70
Sea & Sea housing

Carl Robbins

7/17/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon SD950IS

Melin Isa

7/3/2008
Gibraltar
Camp Bay Wreck Park

Hypselodoris picta

Canon Powershot a710

Jen Tople

7/19/2008
La Jolla Shores
Murray Head
135 feet

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobe

Matt Cerezo

7/20/2008
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Terry Strait

7/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
56 feet

Mating Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus
or Octopus bimaculoides

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing with 6"dome port
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
Nikkor 18-55mm lens set at 18mm
f/10, 1/60, ISO 200

Kim Mitchell

7/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera

eating a White Sea Urchin
Lytechinus anamesus

Canon Powershot S410

Pete Hergesheimer

7/20/2008
La Jolla Shores

1:57-min video clip

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Roger Uzun

7/9–7/17/2008
Quintana Roo, Mexico
Holbox Island and Cozumel

7:42-min video clip

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