Photos of the Week #162

May 27, 2008

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Gayle Van Leer
First submission to POTW!

5/25/2008
San Clemente Island

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

in the Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sony DSC-T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

Jim Lyle

5/26/2008
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hawthorne Reef

Blue-ring Top Snails
Calliostoma annulatum

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm + 1.4 teleconverter
f/13, 1/100, ISO 200

Bill Reals

5/26/2008
Tulum, Mexico
Chan Hol

Two divers in a cave

Ikelite 20D
Dual Ikelite 125 strobes

Walter Heim

5/20/2008
La Jolla
Eight miles offshore

Blue Shark
Prionace glauca

Nikonos V
Available light
15mm Sea and Sea lens

Scott McGee

5/26/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room

California Armina
Armina californica

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 Strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/200

Phil Garner

5/26/2008
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Fujifilm E90
f/8, 1/125, ISO 80

Chris Nelson

5/26/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sea & Sea DX-1G
YS-110 strobe

Dean Uyeda

5/17/2008
Turks & Caicos

Nassau Grouper
Epinephelus striatus

Dori Dirig

5/26/2008
San Clemente Island
Pyramid Head

Berthella californica laying eggs

Nikon D80
Dual DS125s (TTL)
60mm lens

David Dirig

5/24/2008
San Clemente Island
Black Caverns

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Nikon D80
Dual DS125s (TTL)
15mm fisheye behind 8" dome

Robert Johnson

5/25/2008
La Jolla
Quast Rock

Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus C5050

Brett Tischler

5/24/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan

Diver Stephanie Tischler above the strawberry anemone-encrusted wreck

Nikon D70
Dual Inon-D2000 strobes
10.5mm fisheye

Jen Tople

5/24/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon D70s
Dual DS-50's
60mm macro lens

Alan Manns

5/24/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon SD550
Canon Housing

Volker Kilian

5/25/2008
Southern La Jolla
Carl's Point

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Olympus C-7000
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

5/27/2008
Los Coronados

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-51 strobe

Kevin Lee

5/24/2008
Long Beach
Oil Rig Ellie

Barnacles
Megabalanus californicus

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens

Brian McHugh

5/25/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Diaulula sandiegensis

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Sea Life DC600
Wide angle lens

Mark Pidcoe

5/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sony P-150
Pixtreme PX21 Slave Strobe

Jim Swanson

5/19/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Diver Mike Bear

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Nathan Asaro

5/26/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus

Canon 710
Sea n Sea 110 strobe

Julianne Steers

5/20/2008
Lanai, Hawaii

Mated pair of Ghost Shrimp
Stenopus pyrsonotus

Canon PowerShot Pro1
Ikelite housing,
Sea and Sea YS90 Duo Auto

Rick Anderson

5/25/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room

Striped Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes

Canon Powershot SD900

Allison Vitsky

5/26/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite strobes
60mm lens

Jimmy Yuan

5/26/2008
Point Loma Kelp

Starry Skate
Raja stellulata

Canon Powershot A620

Chris Brechtel

5/26/2008
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon S500
Canon housing
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

5/26/2008
La Jolla Shores

Snubnose Sculpin
Orthonopias triacis

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Terry Strait

5/25/2008
Bonaire
Bami Reef

Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus

Nikon D40x

Matt Gieselman

5/25/2008
La Jolla Shores

Walking Octopus

2:48-min video clip

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