Photos of the Week #219

June 29, 2009

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Dori Dirig

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

eats a Parchment Tube Worm
Chaetopterus variopedatus

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL) strobes
60mm lens

David Dirig

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores

Melibe leonina

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL) strobes
60mm lens

George Foster

6/28/2009
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
10 feet

Diver Marla Matin in

Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/7.1, 1/125, ISO 200

Todd Warshaw

6/23/2009
Farnsworth Banks
75 feet

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Canon EOS 1DS Mark II
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
16-35mm lens

Matt Cerezo

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe

Brenda Bridgett

6/28/2009
La Jolla
35 feet

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Canon Powershot A570 IS

Jen Tople

6/21–6/28/2009
Grand Turk

Grand Turk photos

Frédéric Pache

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata

Canon Powershot G10
Ikelite housing
DS160 strobe in TTL mode
f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 80

Herb Gruenhagen

6/18/2009
La Jolla Shores
25 feet in an engine block

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon G10
Dual YS110 strobes

Gayle Van Leer

6/23/2009
Farnsworth Bank
90 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

on Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Mark Pidcoe

6/24/2009
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

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

Mike Hallack

6/24/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Dendronotus iris

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS125

Spencer Tuck

6/27/2009
La Jolla
Anchor Rock
60 feet

Diver Kim Mitchell and a

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Canon 50D
Ikelite housing
DS160 & DS125 strobes
10-17mm fisheye lens

Vollie Williams

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Juvenile Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Canon G10
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Kevin Lee

6/26/2009
Catalina Island

Eggs from a California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Brian McHugh

6/27/2009
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Navanax inermis

Olympus E-520
YS110 & YS110a strobes
50mm lens
f/18, 1/160, ISO 100

Yasumichi Kato

6/27/2009
Newport Beach
Little Corona Del Mar
25 feet

Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata

Olympus Stylus 760
No flash
Super Macro Mode

Steve Gardner

6/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

and many Blackeye Goby lookouts
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Olympus c5050z
Wide angle lens
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100

Allison Vitsky

6/27/2009
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
50 feet

Mussel Blenny guarding eggs
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Canon 20D
Dual Sea and Sea YS25 strobes
Canon 100mm macro lens, +3 diopter

Tracy Clark

6/27/2009
Offshore San Diego

A salp chain
Pegea confoederata

with commensal amphipods

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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