Photos of the Week #230

September 14, 2009

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Jeff Wahl

9/10/2009
Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias

Sea & Sea DX8000

Pete Hergesheimer

9/9/2009
Bodrun, Turkey
20 metres

Divers on a C47 Dakota wreck

Canon Powershot SD700

Steve Gardner

9/12/2009
Point Loma
Broomtail Reef

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Kelp holdfast
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus c5050z
Single strobe
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 100

Mike Bartick

9/8/2009
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
45 feet

Diver Michael Baneau under the oil rig

Nikon D300
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm lens

Mark Pidcoe

9/13/2009
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sea & Sea DX750G
Intova SS2000 strobe

George Foster

9/12/2009
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D200
Aquatica housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens
f/20, 1/125, ISO 250

Brian McHugh

9/12/2009
Anacapa Island
Arch Rock

Diver Pat Meyers photographing many

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Olympus E-520
YS110 and YS110a strobes
9-18mm lens at 9 mm
f/7.1, 1/100, ISO 400

Herb Gruenhagen

9/12/2009
La Jolla
Marine Room
55 feet

Diver Lucille Richards below a

Comb jelly
Leucothea pulchra

Canon G10
Ambient light

Brenda Bridgett

9/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

on Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Canon A570
Internal flash

Roger Uzun

9/10/2009
Flores, Indonesia
Maumere
Under the pier

Mandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus

Sony HDR-520v camcorder
Light and Motion Bluefin pro housing
Sunray 2000 video lights

Mike Hallack

9/10/2009
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Janolus barbarensis

on Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Fujifilm f40fd
Ikelite DS125

Steve Murvine

9/13/2009
Hood Canal, Washington
Jorstad Creek
75 feet

Tritonia diomedea

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 strobe

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