Photos of the Week #209

April 20, 2009

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Jeff Wahl
First submission to POTW!

4/14/2009
Hawaii

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

Sea & Sea DX8000G

Fernando Ramirez
First submission to POTW!

4/19/2009
Mission Bay
Mariner's Basin

Feather Boa Kelp
Egregia menziesii

Canon Powershot S60
Ambient light

Mike Bartick

4/18/2009
Anacapa Island

A predatory Navanax inermis

and the last moment of a
Flabellina trilineata

Nikon D300
Dual strobes
60mm lens

Mike Herndon

4/18/2009
Point Loma
The Pipes
55 feet

Cadlina luteomarginata

Olympus SP-350
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe

Brenda Bridgett

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores

Flabellina trilineata

Canon Powershot A570
Internal flash

Gayle Van Leer

4/17/2009
La Jolla
Anchor Rock
65 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

Sony T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Sealife DC600
Sealife digital strobe

Scott McGee

4/18/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS 125 strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/200

Frédéric Pache

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
63 feet

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Casio Exilim EX-Z55
EWC-55 housing
Sealife sl960d strobe
with 3x lens

Chris Brechtel

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Canon A570IS
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
f/5.0, 1/60, ISO 250

Shauna McGillivray

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Juvenile Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon A570IS
Internal flash

Roger Uzun

4/18/2009
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Sony XR-520V camcorder
Light and Motion Bluefin Pro Housing with Fathom imaging 90 degree wide angle port
Light and Motion Sunray 2000 LED video lights

Steve Murvine

4/19/2009
Point Loma
75 feet

Flabellina trilineata

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe
Inon macro lenses

Walt Conklin

4/11/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rigs Elly-Ellen
0 feet

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Ambient light
17mm lens

Martha Edge

4/19/2009
San Miguel Island
Wyckoff Ledge
45 feet

Doto amyra

Olympus C5050
Inon Strobe

Vollie Williams

4/18/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room
45 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon G10
Canon Housing
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Brian McHugh

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS110a strobes
50mm lens
f/13, 1/180, ISO 100

Allison Vitsky

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Kellet's Whelk
Kelletia kelletii

Canon 20D
Sea and Sea YS 90 and 250 strobes
60mm lens
MacroMate

Jimmy Yuan

4/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Bluebanded Ronquil
Rathbunella hypoplecta

Canon Powershot A620

Kevin Lee

4/18/2009
Catalina Island
80 feet

Cuthona lagunae

Nikon D200
Dual YS-119 strobes

Terry Strait

4/18/2009
Point Loma
80 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens
f/22, 1/125, ISO 100

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