Photos of the Week #186

November 10, 2008

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Mark Pidcoe

11/8/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

eating an Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual Strobes

Allison Vitsky

11/9/2008
Santa Cruz Island
45 feet

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm lens with Macro Mate

Steve Murvine

11/8/2008
Point Loma
North Channel Wall
75 feet

Tritonia festiva

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS-51 TTL strobe

Jim Lyle

11/8/2008
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
80 feet

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ike DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/18, 1/160, ISO 100

Steve Gardner

11/8/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Diver Kerry Mahoney looks at a

Sheep Crab
Loxorynchus grandis

Olympus C5050z
Two strobes
Inon 38ยบ Super Wide Angle lens
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Matt Cerezo

11/8/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park

Divers Kate Harrison and Silvana Barillas in

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sealife DC600
Natural Lighting
Wide Angle Lens

Brenda Bridgett

11/4/2008
La Jolla
65 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Sealife DC 600
Internal flash

Herb Gruenhagen

11/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Juvenile (3 inch) Thornback Ray
Platyrhinoidis triseriata

Nikon N8008s
Sea&Sea YS110 and YS30 strobes
Film: E100VS

Terry Strait

11/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Snail
Calliostoma sp.

on Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D40x
60mm macro lens
f/22, 1/200, ISO 200

Dave Rudie

11/8/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park

Diver Ray Phillips and a

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus SP-350
Inon 165 fisheye lens

Shauna McGillivray

11/8/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Canon Powershot A570IS
Internal flash

Julianne Steers

11/8/2008
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
40 feet

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Canon Powershot S500

Jim Swanson

11/6/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Margaret Webb

11/9/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Pier

Western Gull
Larus occidentalis

Brian McHugh

11/10/2008
Catalina Island
Bird Rock
40 feet

Reef Scene

Sea Life DC800
Sea & Sea YS110 and YS110a strobes

Tracy Clark

11/8/2008
La Jolla Shores

A very small, juvenile shrimp
Heptacarpus sp.

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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