Photos of the Week #182

October 13, 2008

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Kathryn Johnson
First submission to POTW!

10/8/2008
Catalina Island
Parsons Landing

Juvenile Shovelnose Guitarfish
Rhinobatos productus

SeaLife DC600
SL960 external flash

Allison Vitsky

10/11/2008
Off Long Beach
Oil Platform Ellie
75 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
10-17mm lens set at 12 mm

Chris Nelson

10/12/2008
Point Loma

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Bob Bayer

10/9/2008
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait

Two Frogfish
Unidentified

Nikon D200
Nexus housing
Ikelite strobes
24mm lens

Eric Hernandez

10/12/2008
San Diego Embarcadero
White Seabass Pens

Diver Ruth Harris holding a small
Giant Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

The seahorse was relocated to outside the white seabass pens.

Jen Tople

10/11/2008
Off Long Beach
Oil Platform Ellie

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D70s

Terry Strait

10/8/2008
La Jolla Shores

A very small California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D40x

Brenda Bridgett

10/8/2008
La Jolla
35 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sealife DC 600
Internal flash

Gayle Van Leer

10/6/2008
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Los Islotes

Giant Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Sony T30
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

10/12/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room
55 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

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

Ruth Harris

10/11/2008
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove
30 feet

The underside of a
Tylodina fungina

Sea & Sea 750G

Herb Gruenhagen

10/11/2008
La Jolla Shores

Person watching the surf roll in — many divers stayed out.

Sony Cybershot S700

Jimmy Yuan

10/11/2008
Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point Underwater Park
70 feet

Divers Tolga Ceylan and Chris Brechtel watch a school of

Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Canon Powershot A620
Ambient light

Dave Rudie

10/12/2008
Central Point Loma
30 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus SP350
Inon fisheye lens

Walt Conklin

10/8/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon
35 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Internal strobe

"No matter what he did, this scorpionfish couldn't eat this crab. He kept opening his mouth and lurching to and fro, but the crab didn't move much — even when we touched it. He knew he was a goner if he jumped off."

Kevin Lee

10/11/2008
Off Long Beach
Oil Platform Ellie
110 feet

A male Cabezon guarding eggs
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

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