Photos of the Week #201

February 23, 2009

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Allison Vitsky

2/22/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
80 feet

Diver Calvin Penfound near the boiler

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
10-17mm lens at 10 mm

Mike Hallack

2/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

eating a Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS-125

Scott McGee

2/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Diver Mike Hallack and

Mating Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS 125 strobe
10.5mm lens
f/8, 1/30

Chris Nelson

2/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Sea&Sea DX-1G
YS110 strobe

Shauna McGillivray

2/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Canon A570IS

Gayle Van Leer

2/17/2009
Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti

Sony DST-30
Sony housing
Internal flash

Terry Strait

2/21/2009
La Jolla Shores

Dirona picta

Nikon D40x
60mm Nikkor micro
f/16, 1/200, ISO200

Steve Gardner

2/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus C5050z
Internal strobe

Kevin Lee

2/21/2009
Catalina Island

Scythe Butterflyfish
Chaetodon falcifer

Nikon D200
Dual YS-100 strobes

Brian McHugh

2/21/2009
Catalina Island

Reef Scene with

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

... Giant Spined Star, Warty Sea Cucumber, and Brown Gorgonian

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS 110a strobes
14-54mm lens at 14mm
f/14, 1/60, ISO 200

Steve Murvine

2/22/2009
Point Loma
65 feet

Peltodoris nobilis

Canon G-9
Canon housing
Bonica strobe

Jim Swanson

2/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus Housing

Kim Mitchell

2/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Mating Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Canon PowerShot SD880

Margaret Webb

2/21/2009
Catalina Island
Seafan Grotto

Hermit Crab with eggs
Haigia diegensis

Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
50mm plus a 1.4 teleconverter with a Woody's diopter

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