Photos of the Week #187

November 17, 2008

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Mick McMurray

11/15/2008
Offshore San Diego

A prosobranch gastropod
Carinaria cristata

Nikon D70
Sea & Sea housing

Tracy Clark

11/15/2008
Offshore San Diego

A comb jelly
Beroe sp.

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Dave Rudie

11/16/2008
Point Loma

Four Threaded Abalone
Haliotis assimilis

Olympus SP-350

Walter Heim

11/16/2008
Point Loma

Four Threaded Abalone
Haliotis assimilis

Bat Star
Asterina miniata

Panasonic Lumix TZ5
Internal flash

Jimmy Yuan

11/14/2008
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
50 feet

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Fragile Star
Linnckia columbiae

Canon Powershot A620

Chris Nelson

11/14/2008
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
20 feet

Garibaldi (in a pipe)
Hypsypops rubicundus

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Karen Praxel

11/13/2008
Anacapa Island
West End
24 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Fuji S2 Pro
Ikelight housing
YS 90 strobe
f/11, 1/125

Dave McNair

11/15/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park
45 feet

Diver Suzanne Scriven looking at three very small

Juvenile Spanish Shawls
Flabellina iodinea

Canon A710is
Internal flash

Shauna McGillivray

11/15/2008
Catalina Island
Bird Rock

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Canon A570IS

Chris Brechtel

11/14/2008
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
20 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Canon S500
Canon housing
Internal flash

Terry Strait

11/15/2008
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Wide-angle reef scene with a

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 400

Mark Pidcoe

11/15/2008
Point Loma
Seven Fathoms

Reef scene with

Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual Strobes

Mike Hallack

11/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Red Octopus eating a meal
Octopus rubescens

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Two Flabellina trilineata

and some Tubularia crocea
(the hydroids, lower left)

Fujifilm f40fd

Steve Murvine

11/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Flabellina iodinea

Canon G-9
Ikelite DS-51 strobe
Inon close up lens

Jim Swanson

11/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Margaret Webb

11/15/2008
Catalina Island
20 feet

A pair of Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Olympus E-330
Two DS-125 strobes
14-54mm lens at 14mm

Allison Vitsky

11/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
50 feet

A small Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
100mm macro lens, +3 diopter

Phil Garner

11/17/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

on the hydroid
Eudendrium sp.

Sea & Sea DX-1G
f/11, 1/40

Brenda Bridgett

11/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Sealife DC600
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

11/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Sealife DC600
Internal Flash

Larry Harris

11/15/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Navanax inermis

Olympus 5060
Ambient light

Karma Jewell

11/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus fe280
macro setting

Kevin Lee

11/15/2008
Catalina Island

Trivia californiana

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
1.4 Teleconverter

Scott McGee

11/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Austraeolis stearnsi

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/25, 1/200

Julianne Steers

11/15/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
20 feet

An aggregation of Moonsnail Hermits
Isocheles pilosus

Canon PowerShot S50

Robert Todd

11/16/2008
San Clemente Island

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual Ikelite DS125 on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm lens at 36mm
f/9, 1/125, ISO 100

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