Photos of the Week #210

April 27, 2009

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Matt Nipper
First submission to POTW!

4/21/2009
West Caicos
Spanish Anchor site

Trumpetfish
Aulostomus maculatus

Bluestriped Grunts
Haemulon sciurus

Canon G10
Canon housing
Sea & Sea strobe

Cynthia Velazquez

4/25/2009
Coronado
At shoreline

California Grunion and eggs
Leuresthes tenuis

Casio Exilim

Volker Kilian

4/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Yellow Crabs
Cancer anthonyi

Canon G9
Internal flash

John Moore: Are these crabs mating?
Greg Jensen: The larger one is the male and they are in a premating embrace. He'll carry her around like this for a week or more, waiting for her to molt so that they can mate. When they're actually mating she'll be directly underneath him and both their abdomens will be open.

Steve Gardner

4/25/2009
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Many Goose Barnacles
Lepas sp.

Olympus C5050z
Two strobes
Supermacro
f/8, 1/60, ISO 100

David Andrew

4/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
50 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Nikon D90
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 Strobes
Nikon 18-105mm AF VR lens
f/16, ISO 200

Mike Hallack

4/24/2009
La Jolla
South Wall

Diver Scott McGee plays his harmonica...

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS125

Jimmy Yuan

4/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Polycera atra

Chris Brechtel

4/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

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

Gayle Van Leer

4/25/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sony T30
Internal flash

Kevin Lee

4/25/2009
Point Loma

Honeycomb Rockfish
Sebastes umbrosus

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Steve Murvine

4/25/2009
Point Loma
90 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe

Chris Samaritoni

4/26/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
70 feet

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium senile

Canon PowerShot G9
Ikelite housing
Ambient light

Brenda Bridgett

4/24/2009
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Canon Powershot A570
Internal flash

Herb Gruenhagen

4/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
Way North sandy plains
25 feet

Graceful Crabs
Cancer gracilis

Canon G10
Single YS-110 strobe

Shauna McGillivray

4/25/2009
La Jolla Shores
At shoreline

California Grunion
Leuresthes tenuis

Canon A570
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

4/26/2009
Chicago, Illinois
Shedd Aquarium

Moon Jellies
Aurelia aurita

Nikon D60

Allison Vitsky

4/26/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Diver Calvin Penfound and the Yukon forward guns

Canon 20D
Dual Sea and Sea YS250 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens at 10 mm

Tracy Clark

4/25/2009
La Jolla Shores

Angel Shark eye
Squatina californica

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Terry Strait

4/21/2009
La Jolla Shores

Dendronotus iris on Terry's finger

Nikon D40x

Dave McNair

4/26/2009
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
Ship Rock

Limacia cockerelli

Canon PowerShot A710is
Internal flash

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