Photos of the Week #215

June 1, 2009

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Robert Johnson

5/31/2009
La Jolla Shores

The remains of a Guitarfish
Family Rhinobatidae

Olympus C5050z

Jen Tople

5/30/2009
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Juvenile Graceful Crab
Cancer gracilis

Nikon D70s
Ikelite DS-125s
60mm lens

Robert Todd

5/30/2009
South Point Loma Kelp
55 feet

Black-and-yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chrysomelas

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS125 on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 70mm
f/9, 1/160, ISO 400

Frédéric Pache

5/31/2009
La Jolla Shores
18 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Canon Powershot G10
Ikelite housing
DS160 strobe in TTL mode
f/3.5, 1/60, ISO 80

Walt Conklin

5/31/2009
Palos Verdes
Old Marineland

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Sea & Sea DX8000G
Internal strobe

Stuart Berryhill

5/29/2009
Catalina Island
Pirate's Cove
35 feet

Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Nikonos V
YS-60 strobe
20mm lens
Film: Fujichrome 100

Matt Melidonian

5/29/2009
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Olympus Stylus 1020
Internal flash

Steve Gardner

5/25/2009
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Armed Box Crabs (pre-mating)
Mursia guadichaudii

Olympus C5050z
Two strobes
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Kevin Lee

5/28/2009
La Jolla Shores

Corambe pacifica

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Gayle Van Leer

5/29/2009
Point Loma
Goal Posts
40 feet

Kellet's Whelk
Kelletia kelletii

Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Brian McHugh

5/26/2009
La Jolla Shores
100 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS110a strobes
50mm lens
f/18, 1/180, ISO 100

Herb Gruenhagen

5/27/2009
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Sweet Potato
Caudina arenicola

Canon G10
Dual YS110 strobes

Walter Heim

5/27/2009
Mission Bay

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Panasonic TZ5
Panasonic housing
Lighting is with a TUL-300 Tusa flashlight

Vollie Williams

5/28/2009
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Canon G10
Natural light

Brenda Bridgett

5/29/2009
La Jolla Shores
90 feet

California Tonguefish
Symphurus atricauda

Canon Powershot A570
Internal flash

Pete Hergesheimer

5/31/2009
Maui, Hawaii

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei

Canon G9

Yasumichi Kato

5/28/2009
Rancho Palos Verdes
Between Long Point and Point Vicente

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Olympus Stylus 760
No flash
Super Macro Mode

Kathy Bouic

5/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

California Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus californicus

Olympus SP560-UZ
Internal Flash

Spencer Tuck

5/26–5/30/2009
La Jolla Shores

Nudibranchs:
Dendronotus frondosus
Melibe leonina
Polycera atra
with Hermaea oliviae hitchhiker

Canon 50D
Ikelike housing
DS125 and DS160 strobes
60mm lens

Terry Strait

5/29/2009
La Jolla
Bird Rock
Tide pools

Tylodina fungina

Nikon D40x

Shauna McGillivray

5/31/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
80 feet

Mixed California Barnacles
Megabalanus californicus

and Giant Acorn Barnacles
Balanus nubilus

Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon PowerShot A570is
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

5/30/2009
Point Loma

Snubnose Sculpin
Orthonopias triacis

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Dave Rudie

5/31/2009
Fiji
Kadavu
50 feet

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

Olympus E-410

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