Photos of the Week #184

October 20, 2008

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Bruce Wight
First submission to POTW!

10/8/2008
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait

Anemonefish and Anemone
Unidentified

Can anyone ID these more specifically?

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea Housing
Ikelite DS51 Substrobes
60mm lens

Karen Praxel
First submission to POTW!

10/24/2008
Catalina Island
Ship Rock
28 feet

Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

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

Jim Swanson

10/22/2008
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Scott McGee

10/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
Shallows south of the Main Wall
20 feet

An injured Brown Shrimp
Farfantepenaeus californiensis

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/250

Chris Nelson

10/25/2008
San Clemente Island
Fishhook
70 feet

Diver Adam Peck

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Terry Strait

10/25/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
35 feet

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens with a Woody diopter
f/25, 1/160, ISO 200

Allison Vitsky

10/21/2008
Point Loma
NRAD
60 feet

A juvenile Polycera atra

(no pigmentation yet)

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm lens

Phil Garner

10/26/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon

Polycera hedgpethi

Sea & Sea DX-1G
f/11, 1/40, ISO 135

Cynthia Velazquez

10/26/2008
Baja California, Mexico
Ensenada
Camp Kennedy

** This is a Flash animation of multiple photos

Olympus Stylus 725

Brian McHugh

10/25/2008
La Jolla
60 feet

Coonstripe Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Sea Life DC800
YS110 strobe and Fantasea focus light

Tracy Clark

10/25/2008
La Jolla Shores

Catriona columbiana

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Brenda Bridgett

10/24/2008
La Jolla
62 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Sealife DC 600
Internal flash

Dave Rudie

10/26/2008
Point Loma
60 feet

An anemone
Urticina sp.

Olympus SP-350
Inon strobe

Jimmy Yuan

10/25/2008
Torrey Pines
P-38 Wreck
130 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

What do you see in the background?

Canon Powershot A620

Julianne Steers

10/25/2008
San Clemente Island
72 feet

Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

Canon PowerShot S500

John Butler

10/23/2008
Tanner Bank
115 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Taken by ROV
Using a Nikon Coolpix

George Foster

10/26/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
60mm Nikkor lens
f/18, 1/100, ISO 320

Steve Murvine

10/25/2008
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

Hornyhead Turbot
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS51 strobe

Garry McCarthy

10/25/2008
San Clemente Island
Little Flower
30 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D70s
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Nikon SB-105 strobes

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