Photos of the Week #214

May 25, 2009

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Allison Vitsky

5/23/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
75 feet

Diver Pat Evans lights up a

Salp chain
Cyclosalpa affinis

Canon 20D
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm lens

Jimmy Yuan

5/23/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
60 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

on a bed of Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon Powershot A620

Shauna McGillivray

5/23/2009
Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
60 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

and Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon A570IS
Internal flash

Dave Rudie

4/25/2009
Fiji
Taveuni
10 feet

Can anyone ID this jelly?

Olympus E410

David Andrew

5/21/2009
La Jolla Shores
34 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Nikon D90
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 Strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Jim Swanson

5/20/2009
La Jolla Shores

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus housing

Kathy Bouic

5/19/2009
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

...wearing a lot of barnacles!

Olympus SP560-UZ
Internal flash

Vollie Williams

5/25/2009
La Jolla Shores
40 feet

Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon G10
Olympus UFL1 strobe

Mark Pidcoe

5/23/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
62 feet

Dendronotus iris

Camera Sea & Sea DX750G
Intova SS2000 slave strobe

Herb Gruenhagen

4/20/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Juvenile Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Canon G10
Dual YS-110's Sea&Sea strobes

Luke Bitton

5/23/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Canon A540
Canon housing
Internal flash

Mike Bartick

5/18–5/23/2009
The Philippines
Anilao

Mostly nudibranchs, a mysid shrimp, and an unknown fish

Nikon D300
YS110 strobes
60mm lens

Steve Gardner

5/23/2009
La Jolla Shores
22 feet

Razor Clam
Solen sicarius

Olympus C5050Z

Kevin Lee

5/23/2009
Point Loma

Cadlina flavomaculata

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

Terry Strait

5/24/2009
Point Loma

Phidiana hiltoni

Nikon D40x

Gayle Van Leer

5/25/2009
San Clemente Island
25 feet

Mostly Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

some Top Smelt (upper right)
Atherinops affinis

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

5/24/2009
Point Loma

Steve tries hard to get bitten by a

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

1:22-min video clip

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