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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