Photos of the Week #195

January 12, 2009

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Allison Vitsky

1/10/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
75 feet

Diver Steve Lawton off the Yukon

Canon 20D
Ambient light
10-17mm lens at 10 mm

Matt Cerezo

1/10/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
75 feet

Flag on the Yukon radio tower

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Spencer Tuck

1/10/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
80 feet

Diver Terry Strait photographing the Yukon

Canon Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Terry Strait

1/10/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Flash slideshow of 10 wide-angle photographs of the Yukon

Nikon D40x

Jen Tople

1/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
Above the Main Wall
20 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite 125s
60mm macro lens

Stuart Berryhill

1/10/2009
Catalina Island
Sid's
55 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus FE-360
Olympus housing fitted with a Hydro Photo close-up lens (an antique that's part of my Nikonos kit)
Sea & Sea YS-60 strobe

Brian McHugh

1/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus E-520
Olympus housing
YS110 strobe
14-54mm lens at 54mm
f/7.1, 1/100, EV-2.0

Frédéric Pache

1/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

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

Shauna McGillivray

1/8/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Canon A570IS
Internal flash

** Note that this is the same individual as above, but two days apart.

Cynthia Velazquez

1/10/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room

Leopard Shark
Triakis semifasciata

Olympus Stylus 72

Photo taken while kayaking

David Anderson

1/11/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D80
Single Ikelite DS-125 strobe
60mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

1/11/2009
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Round Stingray
Urolophus halleri

Sony VX1000 frame grab from video

Brenda Bridgett

1/7/2009
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Juvenile Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon A570 IS
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

1/11/2009
Point Loma
Main Channel
North Wall

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon G-9

Walter Heim

1/9/2009
Point Loma
Sunset Cliffs
Tidepool

Probably a Tidepool Sculpin
Oligocottus maculosus

** See it??

Panasonic Lumix TZ5

Steve Gardner

1/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100

Margaret Webb

1/11/2009
Rancho Palos Verdes
Old Marineland
50 feet

Diver Scott Webb

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus E-330
Dual DS125 strobes
14-54mm lens

Tracy Clark

1/11/2009
La Jolla Shores

Dirona picta

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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