Photos of the Week #205

March 23, 2009

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Steve Drogin

10/25/2008
Baja California, Mexico
Guadalupe Island
1,000 feet

Crab
Unidentified

Nikon D3
Taken from Steve's submersible

HD video shot by Steve Drogin at 1,000+ feet off Guadalupe Island will be the headliner film at this 40th Anniversary San Diego Underwater Film Festival on April 25 at the Qualcomm Media Center. Info and tickets.

Gayle Van Leer

3/20/2009
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sony T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

Allison Vitsky

3/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
Above the North Wall

Sea Cucumber (1 cm), probably
Lissothuria nutriens

Canon 20D
Dual YS250 strobes
100mm macro lens
Macro Mate

Mike Bartick

3/21/2009
Catalina Island

Janolus barbarensis

Nikon D300
Sea and Sea housing
DS125 strobes
105mm lens w/ +10 diopter

Scott McGee

3/21/2009
Point Loma
Broomtail Reef
50 feet

Diver Barbara Lloyd and a

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS 125 strobe
10.5mm lens
f/2.8, 1/50

Tracy Clark

3/20/2009
La Jolla Shores

Catriona columbiana

on a solitary hydroid
Tubularia marina

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Mike Hallack

3/16/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Dock (Coonstripe) Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS-125

Terry Strait

3/21/2009
La Jolla Shores

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Nikon D40x

Herb Gruenhagen

3/22/2009
La Jolla Shores
In front of Vallecitos Street
25 feet

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Powershot G10
YS110/YS30 strobes

Mark Pidcoe

3/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
65 feet

The siphonophore
Apolemia sp.

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
DS50 Strobe w/ manual EV controller

Gayle Van Leer

3/21/2009
Point Loma
Lazy Days wreck

Atagema alba

Sony T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

Jim Swanson

3/18/2009
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Jim Lyle

3/22/2009
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Blood Star
Henricia leviuscula

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens at 14mm
f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 200

Steve Murvine

3/21/2009
Point Loma
75 feet

Tritonia festiva

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS 125 strobe

Brenda Bridgett

3/20/2009
La Jolla Shores

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Canon Powershot A570

Margaret Webb

3/21/2009
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS 125 strobes
14-54mm lens

Kevin Lee

3/16/2009
Antarctica
Danco Island

Some type of Cnidarian
Unidentified

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobe

Barbara Lloyd

3/21/2009
Point Loma

3:09-min video clip

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-V1U
Gates Housing with Fathom Lens
NiteRider Video Lighting

Roger Uzun

Feb & Mar 2009
Anilao, The Philippines

14:43-min video clip

WARNING: This clip is about half a GIGAbyte; do not attempt without a decent Internet connection and let it completely preload.

Click to play video clip

Sony SR-12 camcorder
Light and Motion Bluefin Housing
Light & Motion Sunray 2000 LED's
Fathom Imaging 90 degree wide angle lens on some shots, flat port with 3x macromate flip macro lens on other shots.

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