Photos of the Week #181

October 6, 2008

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Clint Crowe

10/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
Off Vallecitos Street
4-6 feet

Leopard Sharks
Triakis semifasciata

Canon A 710IS
Canon WP-1 housing

Allison Vitsky

10/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens
Macro Mate wet diopter

Terry Strait

10/2/2008
La Jolla Shores

A hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Nikon D40x
60mm lens
f/18, 1/60, ISO 100

Mark Pidcoe

10/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Many juvenile Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
DS-50 Strobe

Nathan Asaro

10/5/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
30 feet

Nearly adult Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon Powershot 710
Sea and Sea YS110 strobe

Volker Kilian

10/3/2008
Scripps Canyon
70 feet

Austraeolis stearnsi

Canon G9
Internal flash

Cynthia Velazquez

9/28/2008
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Olympus Stylus 725
No housing

Brenda Bridgett

10/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

A polyclad flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Sealife DC 600
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

10/5/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon
60 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

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

Kevin Lee

10/1/2008
La Jolla Shores

Shrimp, probably
Spirontocaris snyderi

on a Sand Dollar
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Jen Tople

10/4/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite 125s
60mm lens

Scott McGee

10/5/2008
La Jolla Shores
North of the Main Wall
55 feet

Cuthona divae

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS 125 strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Jim Swanson

10/2/2008
La Jolla Shores

An unusual brittle star
Amphiodia psara

Pete Hergesheimer

9/29/2008
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles
12 feet

Orange Pikethroat Blenny
Chaenopsis alepidota

Canon Powershot G9

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