Photos of the Week #179

September 22, 2008

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John Duddy
First submission to POTW!

9/19/2008
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch

Doriopsilla spaldingi

Canon Powershot SD-1100
Fantasea FSD-1100 housing
Internal flash

Brian Kirby
First submission to POTW!

9/17/2008
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon A75
Canon WP-DC30 housing
Internal flash / dive lights

Shauna McGillivray

9/20/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

Canon A570IS

Steve Murvine

9/21/2008
Torrey Pines
P-38 Wreck
133 feet

A Treefish in the P-38 cockpit
Sebastes serriceps

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS-51 strobe

Jim Lyle

9/20/2008
Long Beach
Oil Platform Ellie

Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/22, 1/60, ISO 100

David Anderson

9/20/2008
Santa Cruz Island
50 feet

Mating Spanish Shawls
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D80
Dual Ikelite DS-125s
Nikon 60mm with Woody diopter
f/7.1, 1/200, ISO 200

Dave Rudie

9/21/2008
Central Point Loma
35 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus E-410
Inon 240 strobe

Carl Robbins

9/19/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan
123 feet

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon SD-950

Scott McGee

9/21/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

A serpullid worm
Serpula columbiana

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

Kevin Lee

9/19/2008
Catalina Island

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Chris Brechtel

9/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
80 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Pseudosquillopsis marmorata

Canon S500
Canon UW housing
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

9/20/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
80 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Herb Gruenhagen

9/20/2008
San Diego
Grape Street Pier

Annual Bay Clean-up Dive

A flute in its case

Sony Cybershot DSC-700

Terry Strait

9/21/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
f/22, 1/100, ISO 200

Brian McHugh

9/21/2008
La Jolla Shores

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sea Life DC600
YS110 Strobe
Wide angle lens

Tracy Clark

9/18/2008
Maui, Hawaii

Flying Gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Richard Vaughn

9/21/2008
Point Loma Kelp
45 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Olympus FE-230

Robert Todd

9/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon 400D
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 on TTL but with left strobe not firing correctly
Sigma 17-70mm lens at 70 mm
f/8.0, 1/100, ISO 200

Margaret Webb

9/20/2008
Catalina Island
Rock Quarry

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
50mm lens

Bob Bayer

9/20/2008
Point Loma

Dendronotus albus

Nikon D300
Converted Nexus D200 housing
Single Ikelite DS125 strobe
60mm macro lens

Brenda Bridgett

9/15/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Toothshell Hermit
Orthopagurus minimus

DC 600
Internal flash

Brett Tischler

9/13/2008
Costa Rica
Cocos Island
60 feet

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Nikon D70
Dual Inon D2000 strobes
10.5mm fisheye lens

John Nolan

9/20/2008
Catalina
Rock Quarry

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D200
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Nikon AF-S 18-70

Brian Anderson

9/21/2008
Catalina Island
Blue Cavern Point

Crowned Sea Urchin
Centrostephanus coronatus

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Canon Powershot SD750
Canon WP-DC14 Housing
Internal flash

Yasumichi Kato

9/21/2008
Rancho Palos Verdes
Old Marineland
15 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus Stylus 760
No flash
Macro mode

Walt Conklin

9/20/2008
Redondo Beach
Horseshoe Pier
30 feet

Diver Eric Frasco at an underwater cleanup

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Ambient light
Wide angle lens

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