Photos of the Week #151

March 10, 2008

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Pete Hergesheimer

3/8/2008
La Jolla Shores

Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis

Canon Powershot SD700
Flash Diffuser

Matt Gieselman

3/8/2008
La Jolla Shores

Colorful Dirona
Dirona picta

Canon 40D
Dual Ikelite DS-125
Canon EF-S 60mm Macro

Brian McHugh

3/9/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Spanish Shawls
Flabellina iodinea

Sea Life DC 600
Sea Life Digital External Strobe

Kim Mitchell

3/7/2008
La Jolla Shores

Three-lined Aeolid laying eggs
Flabellina trilineata

Canon PowerShot S410

Jen Tople

3/8/2008
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Hermissenda crassicornis

laying eggs on a squid egg sac
Loligo opalescens

Nikon D70s
Dual DS-50 strobes
60mm lens

Chris Nelson

3/9/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Mike Bartick

3/8/2008
Anacapa Island
Landing Cove Inner Reef

Humped Ancula
Ancula gibbosa

Nikon D80
60 mm lens

Ruth Harris

3/9/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Sea & Sea DX750G
Internal flash

Jim Swanson

3/7/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing
Internal flash

David Anderson

3/8/2008
Catalina Island
Red Rocks?

Male Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Hear a male mantis shrimp
(courtesy of Dr. Roy Caldwell)

Nikon D80
DS-125 strobe
60mm lens
f/13, 1/100, ISO 100

Terry Strait

3/3/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Slender Shrimp
Heptacarpus tenuissimus

Nikon D40x

Jim Lyle

3/8/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/11, 1/60, ISO 100

Margaret Webb

2/29/2008
La Jolla Shores

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

on a red algae
Unidentified
(anyone know which this is?)

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/13, 1/100

Steve Gardner

3/8/2008
La Jolla Shores

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

Olympus c5050z
Olympus PT housing
Onboard flash

Scott McGee

3/8/2008
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
Deadman's Reef

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

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

Tyler Stalter

3/9/2008
Point Loma
Wreck of TBM Avenger
255 feet

Note the word NAVY, still visible

Metridium, Brown Rockfish, Vermilion Rockfish, Honeycomb Rockfish, and most notably

Flag Rockfish (lower right corner)
Sebastes rubrivinctus

Olympus 4040
Light and Motion Tetra housing modified for depth
No strobe
Wide angle lens

Brenda Bridgettt

3/10/2008
La Jolla Shores

Moray Eel
Gymnothorax mordax

Sealife DC600
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

3/9/2008
Oahu, Hawaii
Hawaii Kai

Green Sea Turtles at a cleaning station
Chelonia mydas

Sealife DC600
Natural Lighting

Kevin Lee

3/7/2008
Anacapa Island

Vancouver Phoronids
Phoronis vancouverensis

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110

Robert Todd

3/9/2008
Crystal River, Florida
King Spring

West Indian Manatees
Trichechus manatus

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125s on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 17mm
f/9, 1/80, ISO 200

Jimmy Yuan

3/9/2008
Point Loma Kelp

Goby in an old scallop shell

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon Powershot A620

Herb Gruenhagen

3/9/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

A spearnose poacher
Agonopsis sp.

Nikon 8008s
Tussey housing
Film: E100vs

Allison Vitsky

3/10/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Diver Steve Lawton above a

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

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

Roger Uzun

3/9/2008
La Jolla Kelp

2:07-min video clip

Footage of squid fleet boats at night combined with some January underwater squid footage

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-HC9 and HDR-HC7 camcorders
Pro Watt Scuba 2x100W Halogen Video Lights (when used)

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