Photos of the Week #202

March 2, 2009

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Robert Brauer
First submission to POTW!

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Canon Powershot A710

Ruth Harris

3/1/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
65 feet

Flag Rockfish
Sebastes rubrivinctus

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium senile

Sea & Sea 750G
YS27DX strobe

Larry Harris

2/27/2009
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
22 feet

Aeolidiella oliviae

Sea & Sea 750G
YS27DX strobe

David Dirig

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Feeding Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm lens

Dori Dirig

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Shrimp just after molting
Heptacarpus sp.

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm lens

Mark Pidcoe

3/1/2009
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

Sea & Sea DX-750G
Pixtreme Slave Strobe

Steve Murvine

3/1/2009
Los Coronados
75 feet

Purple (California) Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Canon G-9
Canon housing
Bonica strobe

Karma Crampton

2/28/2009
Point Loma
Lazy Days wreck
75 feet

Peltodoris nobilis

in front of red corraline algae
Calliarthron sp.

Olympus FE-280

Dallas Poore

2/27/2009
La Jolla
Children's Pool

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 70-200 + 2X extender

Shauna McGillivray

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Shrimp
Heptacarpus sp.

Canon A570IS

Frédéric Pache

3/1/2009
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Casio Exilim EX-Z55
EWC-55 housing
Sealife sl960d strobe
with 3x close up lens

Allison Vitsky

2/28/2009
Catalina Island
Little Farnsworth
85 feet

Cuthona virens on a sea cucumber

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
100mm lens
Macro Mate diopter

Mike Hallack

2/27/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Injured California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS-125

Jimmy Yuan

2/26/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
50 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Canon Powershot A620

Brenda Bridgett

3/1/2009
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon Powershot A570 IS
Internal Flash

Kevin Lee

2/28/2009
Catalina Island

Trapania velox

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Kim Mitchell

3/1/2009
Point Loma
65 feet

Lingcod guarding eggs
Ophiodon elongatus

Canon SD880 Powershot

Chris Nelson

2/28/2009
Point Loma
70 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Sea & Sea DX-1G

Steve Gardner

2/25/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room
30 feet

Brown Shrimp
Farfantepenaeus californiensis

Olympus C5050z
Two strobes

Kathy Bouic

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Olympus SP-560
Internal flash

Stuart Berryhill

3/1/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
55 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus FE-360
YS-60 strobe

Scott McGee

2/28/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
75 feet

Crow's Nest

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
10.5mm lens
f/4.5, 1/60

Tracy Clark

2/28/2009
La Jolla Shores

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

on squid egg sacs
Doryteuthis opalescens

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Terry Strait

3/1/2009
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Diver Spencer Tuck above

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Nikon D40x
Dual DS125 strobes
Sigma 10-20mm lens set at 16mm
f/9, 1/60, ISO 400

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