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