Photos of the Week #221

July 13, 2009

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Shawn Ferley
First submission to POTW!

7/11/2009
La Jolla Cove

Humboldt Squid
Dosidicus gigas

Flash animation of four photos

Brian McHugh

7/8/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS110a strobes
50mm lens
f/16, 1/180, ISO 100

Frank Lukowski

7/9/2009
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Honeymoon Cove
40 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Ochre Star
Pisaster ochraceus

Canon G10
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-51
f/3.5, 1/80, ISO100

Allison Vitsky

7/6/2009
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Bahia des Banderas

Chromodoris marislae

Canon 20D
Dual YS250 strobes
100mm macro lens

Kevin Lee

7/6/2009
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Bahia des Banderas

Okenia mexicorum

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Dori Dirig

7/12/2009
Catalina Island
West End

Polycera tricolor

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

David Dirig

7/12/2009
Catalina Island
West End

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

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

Robert Johnson

7/12/2009
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Juvenile Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

(see it?)

Olympus c5050z

Herb Gruenhagen

7/8/2009
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Probably a Diamond Turbot
Hypsopsetta guttulata

Canon G10
Dual YS-110 strobes

Steve Murvine

7/12/2009
Puget Sound, Washington
Hood Canal
Sund Rock
85 feet

Flabellina trophina

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS125 TTL strobe

Peter Brueggeman

7/12/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS51 strobe

Marla Matin

7/12/2009
Farnsworth Banks

Juvenile Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Canon S1 IS
Canon housing
Internal flash

Walt Conklin

7/8/2009
Redondo Beach
60 feet

Triopha maculata

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
No flash, just a Light Cannon with diffuser
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

7/12/2009
La Jolla Shores
40 feet

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus c5050z
Single strobe
UWL 100 lens
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Vollie Williams

7/12/2009
La Jolla Shores
61 feet

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Canon G10
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Jen Tople

7/9/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Flabellina trilineata

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

Todd Warshaw

7/6/2009
Point Loma
80 feet

Bluebanded Ronquil
Rathbunella hypoplecta

Canon EOS MarkIIDs
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
100mm macro lens

Jim Lyle

7/12/2009
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hawthorne Reef

Hermissenda crassicornis laying eggs

Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens + 1.4 TC
f/18, 1/160, ISO 100

Roger Uzun

7/7 and 7/11/2009
La Jolla

Featuring Humboldt Squid
Dosidicus gigas

2:55-min video clip

Click to play video clip

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

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