Photos of the Week #217

June 15, 2009

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Suzanne Scriven
First submission to POTW!

6/13/2009
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon PowerShot A710is
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

6/12/2009
La Jolla Shores

Dirona picta

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

6/13/2009
La Jolla Shores

Sea Pen
Stylatula elongata

Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
Super wide angle lens
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Tom Byrnes

6/13/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Divers at their safety stop

Olympus SP350
Internal flash

Jimmy Yuan

6/9/2009
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon Powershot A620

Frédéric Pache

6/14/2009
La Jolla Shores
49 feet

Navanax inermis

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

Mike Hallack

6/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
113 feet

Dirona picta

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS125

Frank Lukowski

6/9/2009
Palos Verdes
Neptune's Cove
Pinnacles

Shovelnose Guitarfish
Rhinobatos productus

Canon G10
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-51 in TTL
f/2.8, 1/20, ISO 80

Dave Rudie

6/14/2009
Point Loma
New Hope Rock
30 feet

Garibaldi guarding a nest
Hypsypops rubicundis

Olympus E410
Inon strobe

Gayle Van Leer

6/13/2009
San Clemente Island
35 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Herb Gruenhagen

6/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Dirona picta

Canon G10
Dual YS-110 strobes

Brenda Bridgett

6/12/2009
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Austraeolis stearnsi
on a Corymorpha palma

Canon PowerShot A570
Internal flash

Spencer Tuck

6/13/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Flabellina trilineata

...and what looks like it might be a
Catriona columbiana

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

Kevin Lee

6/13/2009
Catalina Island

Urchin Shrimp
Betaeus macginitieae

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens

Yasumichi Kato

6/14/2009
Rancho Palos Verdes
Between Long Point and Point Vicente
25 ft

Purple Sea Urchins
(including an albino)
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus Stylus 760
No flash
Super Macro Mode

Matt Cerezo

6/13/2009
Los Coronados
Middle Ground
20 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

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