Divebums: Photos of the Week #237

Photos of the Week #237

November 2, 2009

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	Randy Thomas First submission to POTW! 10/31/2009 La Jolla Shores Mantis Shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis
	Walter Heim 10/30/2009 Offshore San Diego Blue Shark Prionace glauca Canon 20d Tokina 10-17mm lens 1/320, ISO 800 "One full day on the water for one shark."
	Shauna McGillivray 11/1/2009 La Jolla Shores South Walls 65 feet Octopus Octopus sp. and a clam breakfast Protothaca sp. Canon A570IS Internal flash
	David Andrew 10/31/2009 San Clemente Island Pyramid Cove 125 feet Bat Stars Asterina miniata Nikon D90 Ikelite Housing Dual Ikelite DS-160 Strobes 60mm lens f/18.0, 1/200, ISO 250
	Kevin Lee 10/31/2009 Point Loma An egg-bearing Skeleton Shrimp Infraorder Caprellida Nikon D300 Dual Inon Z240 strobes A Flash animation of 2 photos, because "the depth of field was so shallow that I couldn't get both eggs and face at the same time..."
	Steve Gardner 10/31/2009 La Jolla Shores Above Secret Garden Angel Shark Squatina californica Olympus c5050z Single strobe f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 100
	Mark Pidcoe 10/31/2009 La Jolla Shores Main Wall Divers John Moore (foreground) and Steve Gardner (background) look for Lion Nudibranchs Sony DSC-F828 Ikelite housing Dual strobes
	Suzanne McNair 10/31/2009 Farnsworth Bank 75 feet California Hydrocoral Stylaster californicus Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictus Canon A710is Internal flash
	Dave McNair 11/1/2009 Catalina Island Isthmus Reef 35 feet a very, very small Chromodoris macfarlandi Canon A710is Internal flash
	Mike Bartick 10/31/2009 Anacapa Island Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Nikon D300 Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes Tokina 10-17mm lens
	Allison Vitsky 10/31/2009 La Jolla Shores 30 feet Dendronotus frondosus in a standoff with an amphipod (to the right) Canon 20D Single YS250 strobe 100mm macro lens with Hoya +4 dry diopter
	Steve Murvine 10/31/2009 Point Loma 80 feet Dendronotus alba Canon G-9 Ikelite housing DS125 strobe and Sea & Sea YS15 slave strobe
	Roger Uzun 10/31/2009 Catalina Island Near Ship Rock Giant Kelpfish Heterostichus rostratus Sony XR520v camcorder Light and Motion Bluefin Pro housing with a wide angle port Sunray 2000 Video Lights
	Brian McHugh 10/31/2009 La Jolla Shores 60 feet Blackeye Goby Coryphopterus nicholsi Olympus E-520, 50mm lens YS110 & 110a strobes f/16, 1/180, ISO 100
	Frédéric Pache 11/1/2009 La Jolla Shores 20 feet Lewis's Moon Snail Polinices lewisii Sand Dollars Dendraster excentricus Canon Powershot G10 Ikelite housing Ikelite DS160 strobe f/4, 1/60, ISO 80
	Brenda Bridgett 10/30/2009 La Jolla Shores Chestnut Cowry Cypraea spadicea Canon A570 Internal flash
	Terry Strait 10/31/2009 US/Mexican Border Wreck of the USS Hogan The Hogan Nikon D40x Ikelite housing Dual DS125 strobes Sigma 10-20mm WA lens at 10 mm f/7.1, 1/60, ISO 400
	Phil Garner 11/1/2009 Rancho Palos Verdes Marineland Channelled Top Snail Calliostoma canaliculatum Sea & Sea DX-1G f/9.1, 1/1000, ISO 100
	Jimmy Yuan 10/31/2009 San Diego's Wreck Alley Ruby E 75 feet Ancula gibbosa Canon Powershot A620
	Herb Gruenhagen 11/1/2009 La Jolla Shores North Wall 75 feet California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus Canon G10 Dual YS-110 strobes
	Matt Grace 9/19–9/25/2009 Belatedly from Wakatobi, Indonesia Six photos in a Flash animation Canon 50D Sea & Sea housing Sea & Sea strobes Hartenberger Nano Focus Light Canon 100mm lens
	Brett Tischler 11/1/2009 San Diego's Wreck Alley Yukon White-plumed Anemones Metridium farcimen Nikon D70 Dual YS-250 strobes with 6" Globe Diffusers 10.5mm lens
	Tracy Clark 11/1/2009 La Jolla Shores Shrimp, probably Hippolyte californiensis Nikon D70s 60mm lens
	Scott McGee 11/1/2009 La Jolla Cove The Cove on a beautiful day! Nikon D200 10.5mm lens f/9, 1/1000

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