Photos of the Week #220

July 6, 2009

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Steve Murvine

7/5/2009
Puget Sound, Washington
Hood Canal
65 feet

Grunt Sculpin
Rhamphocottus richardsonii

Canon G-9
Canon housing
Sea and Sea YS-15 slave strobe

Steve Gardner

7/4/2009
Point Loma
Seven Fathoms
50 feet

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Olympus c5050z
One strobe
UWL 100 lens
f/1.4, 1/100, ISO 100

Vollie Williams

7/4/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Canon G10
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Margaret Webb

7/4/2009
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hawthorne Reef

Flabellina trilineata

Olympus E-330
Dual DS125 strobes
50 mm lens with 1.4 TC

Matt Cerezo

7/3/2009
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

David Dirig

7/5/2009
La Jolla Shores

Triopha maculata

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL) strobes
60mm lens

Dori Dirig

7/5/2009
La Jolla Shores

Polycera atra

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL) strobes
60mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

7/3/2009
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
65 feet

Crowned Sea Urchin
Centrostephanus coronatus

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Canon G10
Dual Ys-110 strobes

Allison Vitsky

7/5/2009
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
Bahia de Banderas

Mantis Shrimp
Unidentified

Canon 20D
Sea and Sea YS250 and YS 90 strobes
100mm macro lens
Macro Mate diopter

Gayle Van Leer

7/3/2009
Los Coronados
40 feet

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Jimmy Yuan

7/5/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Doriopsilla albopunctata laying eggs

Canon Powershot A620

Mark Pidcoe

7/4/2009
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual strobes

Brenda Bridgett

7/3/2009
La Jolla Shores

Eggs
Unidentified

Canon PowerShot A570 IS
Internal flash

Stuart Berryhill

7/3/2009
Anacapa Island

Hopkin's Rose
Okenia rosacea

Nikonos V
YS-60 strobe
28mm lens on 1:1 extension tube
Film: Fujichrome 100

Frank Lukowski

7/3/2009
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Christmas Tree Cove
45 feet

Peltodoris nobilis

Canon G10
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-51 TTL strobe
f/4, 1/80, ISO100

Brett Tischler

7/3/2009
Catalina Island
30 feet

Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

Nikon D70
Dual YS 250 strobes
10.5mm lens

Terry Strait

7/2/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Nikon D40x

Kevin Lee

7/4/2009
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Los Arcos

Oxynoe panamensis

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobe

Roger Uzun

7/3/2009
Catalina Island
Quarry

Scythe Butterflyfish
Chaetodon falcifer

Sony XR520v camcorder
Light & Motion Bluefin Pro housing
Sunray 2000 Video lights
Fathom imaging wide angle lens

Jen Tople

7/5/2009
Point Loma
Lazy Daze Wreck

Chromodoris macfarlandi

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

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