Photos of the Week #165

June 16, 2008

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Walter Heim

6/10/2008
Five miles off San Diego

Shortfin Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus

Nikonos III
15mm lens
Film: Fuji 400 ASA
f/8, 1/250

Peter Brueggeman

6/13/2008
La Jolla
Offshore of Bird Rock

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Chris Nelson

6/14/2008
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka

A comb jelly
Leucothea pulchra

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Spencer Tuck

6/15/2008
Point Loma

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon Rebel XT
Ikelite DS-50 strobe
60mm lens

Steve Murvine

6/16/2008
Point Loma

Triopha catalinae

Snubnose Sculpin
Orthonopias triacis

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-51 TTL strobe

Julianne Steers

6/14/2008
Santa Barbara Island
Shag Rock

Juvenile Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Canon PowerShot Pro1
Sea & Sea YS90 Duo Auto Strobe

Jen Tople

6/14/2008
Scripps Canyon

Polycera atra

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobes
60mm lens

Kevin Lee

6/13/2008
Catalina Island

Polycera tricolor

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens

Kim Mitchell

6/14/2008
Point Loma

Coffee Bean Snails
Trivia californiana

Rostanga pulchra

Canon Powershot S410

Steve Briggs

6/15/2008
La Jolla Shores

Navanax inermis

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
50mm macro lens

Robert Johnson

6/13/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Olympus c5050z

Tony So

6/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Pithead Sculpins, perhaps mated
Icelinus cavifrons

Canon SD950
Internal flash

Jim Lyle

6/14/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Photographer Margaret Webb

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ike DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 7-14mm lens
f/5, 1/30, ISO 200

Margaret Webb

6/14/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ike DS-125 strobes

Tracy Clark

6/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Mantis Shrimp
Pseudosquillopsis marmorata

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

6/14/2008
Point Loma
Near Seven Fathoms Reef

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

N8008s
Dual YS110 strobes
20mm lens
f/8
Film: E100vs

Steve Gardner

6/15/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Olympus C5050z
PT 015 housing
Internal flash

Brian McHugh

6/15/2008
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Sea Life DC600
Wide Angle Lens

Terry Strait

6/14/2008
Point Loma

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D40x

Brett Tischler

6/14/2008
Red Sea
Eilat, Israel

Coral Reef

Nikon D70
Dual Inon D2000 stobes
Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye lens

Scott McGee

6/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 strobe
105mm macro
f/20, 1/200

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