Photos of the Week #180

September 29, 2008

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Allison Vitsky

9/27/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan
125 feet

Diver Kevin Lee and a

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
Sigma 15mm fisheye lens

Spencer Tuck

9/25/2008
Point Loma
80 feet

Two Furry Hermits
Paguristes ulreyi

Canon Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
Single Ikelite DS125 strobe
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

9/27/2008
La Jolla Shores

The engine block

plus a barred sand bass, sea hare (see it?), and many sand dollars.

Olympus C5050z
Two strobes
Inon super wide angle lens (138 degrees)
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Kim Mitchell

9/27/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
75 feet

A Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

eating a Coonstripe Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Canon Powershot S410

Chris Bell

9/27/2008
Los Coronados
Middle Grounds
20 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Nikon Coolpix 990
Ikelite Housing
No strobe

Brett Tischler

9/27/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
80 feet

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Nikon D70
Dual Inon D2000 strobes
60mm macro lens

Mark Pidcoe

9/25/2008
La Jolla
Children's Pool

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe

Volker Kilian

9/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Heart Urchin
Lovenia cordiformis

Canon G9
Internal flash

Scott McGee

9/28/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Fragile Rainbow Star
Astrometis sertulifera

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

Kevin Lee

9/27/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan
125 feet

Sure looks like a bomb to me!

Nikon D200
Single YS-250 strobe

Jim Swanson

9/25/2008
La Jolla Shores

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing
Internal flash

Margaret Webb

9/26/2008
Torrance
Rat Beach

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
50mm lens

Gayle Van Leer

9/27/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room
80 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Sony T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

David Hershman

9/28/2008
Point Loma
Wreck of the Lazy Days

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus 1030SW
Internal Flash and hand held Sartek light

Mike Bartick

9/23/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Dwarf Teardrop Crab
Pelia tumida

on California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Nikon D300
60mm lens with 1.4x diopter

Tracy Clark

9/23/2008
Maui, Hawaii

Ceratosoma tenue

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Brenda Bridgett

9/26/2008
La Jolla
35 feet

A nemertean worm
Unidentified

Sealife DC 600

Chris Nelson

9/28/2008
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
Sal Si Puede Wreck
65 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Steve Murvine

9/28/2008
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan
120 feet

Peltodoris nobilis

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS-51 strobe
Inon UCL-165M67 close-up lens

Brian McHugh

9/27/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Sea Life DC600
YS110 Strobe
Wide angle lens

Terry Strait

9/27/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D40x
f/14, 1/100, ISO 200

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