Photos of the Week #178

September 15, 2008

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Mike Hallack

9/14/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Near Suejac
70 feet

Diver Terry Strait photographing a

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Fujifilm f40fd

Terry Strait

9/14/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Near Suejac
78 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
18mm lens
f/8, 1/60, ISO 400

Dave Rudie

9/14/2008
Catalina Island
Near Long Point
10 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or
Octopus bimaculoides

Olympus E-410
Inon 240 strobe

Jen Tople

9/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Nikon D70s
Single Ikelite DS-125
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

9/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Diver Kerry Mahoney and

Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttallii

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus C5050z
Inon super wide angle lens (138 degrees)
f/1.8, 1/30, ISO 200

Matt Cerezo

9/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
70 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Allison Vitsky

9/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Canon 20D
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

Chris Nelson

9/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Austraeolis stearnsi

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Herb Gruenhagen

9/14/2008
La Jolla Cove
20 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Sony VX1000 frame grab

Jim Swanson

9/13/2008
La Jolla Shores

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Mark Pidcoe

9/13/2008
La Jolla Cove

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS50 strobe

Mike Bartick

9/14/2008
Anacapa Island

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or
Octopus bimaculoides

Nikon D300
Dual strobes
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter

Kevin Lee

9/14/2008
Anacapa Island

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Steve Murvine

9/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-50 strobe

Brenda Bridgett

9/11/2008
La Jolla
31 feet

A male Rockpool Blenny guarding eggs
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Sea Life DC 600
Internal flash

Roger Uzun

8/29–9/2/2008
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

6:21-min video clip

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-HC9 camcorder
Ocean Images underwater housing
Pro Watt Scuba 2x100W video lights
wide angle port from Fathom Imaging

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