Photos of the Week #223

July 27, 2009

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Tracy Clark

7/24/2009
La Jolla Shores

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

trying to eat what appears to be a sanddab

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Shauna McGillivray

7/21/2009
Monterey
Point Lobos

Probably a Sharpnose Crab
Scyra acutifrons

amidst bryozoans, strawberry anemones, and worms

Canon A570 IS
Internal flash

Neal Atkinson

7/21/2009
Monterey
Point Lobos

White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Canon PowerShot A590
Ikelite housing
Internal flash with difuser

Herb Gruenhagen

7/26/2009
Point Loma
Seven Fathoms
65 feet

Red Volcano Sponge
Acarnus erithacus

Canon G10
Dual YS110 strobes

Jim Lyle

7/24/2009
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Rainbow Scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes xyris

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens
f/16, 1/100, ISO 100

Stuart Berryhill

7/22/2009
Catalina Island
Goat Harbor
50 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus D-580
Single YS-60 strobe

Gayle Van Leer

7/26/2009
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

David Andrew

7/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
94 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Derek Tarr

7/24/2009
La Jolla Shores
56 feet

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Nikon D200
Dual strobes
60mm lens

Steve Briggs

7/18/2009
Oahu, Hawaii

Diver Kris Briggs above a
WWII Corsair wreck

Olympus E330
Ambient light
14mm lens

Kevin Lee

7/25/2009
Point Loma
Seven Fathoms

Small polychaetes on a blade of kelp
Family Serpulidae

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110 strobes

Margaret Webb

7/24/2009
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus E330
Dual DS125's
14-54 mm lens

Roger Uzun

7/26/2009
La Jolla Shores

Roughback Sculpin
Chitonotus pugetensis

Sony XR520v camcorder
Light and Motion Bluefin Pro housing with flat port
Sunray 2000 video lights

Allison Vitsky

7/22/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
15 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon EOS 20D
Dual Sea and Sea YS250 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 15 mm

Walter Heim

7/24/2009
Offshore San Diego

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

Canon 20D
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm lens

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