Photos of the Week #222

July 20, 2009

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Steve Gardner

7/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Taken on Steve's 3,000th dive!

Tube-dwelling Anemones
Order Ceriantharia

Many juvenile Stripetail Rockfish
Sebastes saxicola

and a juvenile Halfbanded Rockfish
Sebastes semicinctus

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

Marla Matin

7/15/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon S1 IS
Canon housing
Internal flash

Jimmy Yuan

7/13/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Two Octopuses (mating? fighting?)
Octopus sp.

Canon Powershot A620

Jen Tople

7/18/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Coralline Sculpin
Artedius corallinus

Nikon D70s
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens

Kevin Lee

7/17/2009
Catalina Island

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110 strobes

Todd Warshaw

7/19/2009
Carmel

Blue-ring Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum

and a chiton

Canon Mark IIDs
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
28-70mm lens

Mark Pidcoe

7/18/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

A hydroid
Corymorpha palma

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
DS-50 Strobe & Manual EV Controller

George Foster

7/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
Shallows

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens
f/11, 1/125, ISO 250

Brenda Bridgett

7/15/2009
La Jolla Shores
71 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Canon Powershot A570 IS

Vollie Williams

7/18/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Melibe leonina

Canon G10
Olympus Ufl1 strobe

Brett Tischler

7/18/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
90 feet

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Nikon D70
Dual YS-250 strobes
10.5mm lens

Roger Uzun

7/19/2009
La Jolla Shores

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

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

Jim Swanson

7/16/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Matt Cerezo

7/19/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room

Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sealife DC600
Natural light

Allison Vitsky

7/17/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

Diver Calvin Penfound and

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon EOS 20D
Dual Sea and Sea YS250 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10 mm

Tracy Clark

7/18/2009
Point Loma

Hermissenda crassicornis and eggs

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Margaret Webb

7/19/2009
Playa del Rey
Wetlands near Bologna Creek

An Egret

Olympus E-330
50-200mm lens

Herb Gruenhagen

7/19/2009
La Jolla Shores

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon G10
Dual Ys110 strobes

Steve Murvine

7/19/2009
Washington
Puget Sound

Spotted Ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe

Walt Conklin

7/14/2009
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Internal strobe
17mm wide angle lens adapter

Peter McGuinness

7/18/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
90 feet

Juvenile Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus

(see the eye?)

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Olympus 7070
Ikelite DS50 strobe

Scott McGee

7/18/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
80 feet

Diver Peter McGuinness and many

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
10.5mm fisheye lens
f/6.3, 1/60, ISO 200

Robert Johnson

7/19/2009
Imperial Beach

HUGE SHARK

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