Photos of the Week #216

June 8, 2009

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Brenda Bridgett

6/1/2009
La Jolla Shores
90 feet

Clingfish
Rimicola sp.

Canon Powershot A570
Internal flash

Terry Strait

Week of 6/1/2009
Sea of Cortez
(many sites)

Sea of Cortez Nudibranchs

Kevin Lee

6/6/2009
Palos Verdes

Polycera tricolor

Nikon D200
Dual YS 110 strobes
60mm lens

Frédéric Pache

6/7/2009
La Jolla Shores
82 feet

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Canon Powershot G10
Ikelite housing
DS160 strobe in TTL mode
f/8, 1/60, ISO 80

Allison Vitsky

6/6/2009
Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wakatobi Archipelago
Table Coral City
75 feet

Crinoid
Unidentified

Gorgonian
Unidentified

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

Dave Rudie

6/7/2009
South Point Loma
75 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Olympus E410

Mike Hallack

6/2/2009
La Jolla Shores
76 feet

Melibe leonina

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS-125 strobe

Herb Gruenhagen

6/7/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon G10
Dual YS-110 strobes

Vollie Williams

6/7/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Dirona picta

Canon G10
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Scott McGee

5/29–6/5/2009
Bali, Indonesia

Photos from Bali

More Bali photos

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
10.5mm fisheye lens
60mm macro lens
105mm macro lens

Spencer Tuck

6/2/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Canon 50D
Ikelite housing
DS160 & DS125 strobes
60mm lens

Jimmy Yuan

6/7/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon Powershot A620

Yasumichi Kato

6/2/2009
La Jolla Cove
20 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus Stylus 760
Ambient light

Steve Gardner

6/7/2009
La Jolla Shores

Unknown white blob!

...and opisthobranch?
...a Berthella?

Olympus c5050z
Two strobes

Mike Herndon

6/7/2009
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Ellen
40 feet

Diaulula sandiegensis

Olympus SP350
Sea & Sea YS110 strobe

Tracy Clark

6/6/2009
La Jolla Shores

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
Leptocottus armatus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Brian McHugh

6/7/2009
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels
65 feet

Peltodoris nobilis

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS110a strobes
50mm lens
f/20, 1/180, ISO 100

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