Photos of the Week #259

April 5, 2010

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Dave Rudie

4/3/2010
Catalina Island
10 feet

Five Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Olympus E410
Inon strobe

Dori Dirig

4/3/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days Wreck

Hopkin's Rose Nudibranch
Okenia rosacea

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes (TTL)
new Fantasea focus light
60mm lens

David Dirig

4/3/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days Wreck

Proliferating Anemone
Epiactis prolifera

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes (TTL)
new Fantasea focus light
60mm lens

Peter Brueggeman

4/3/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days Wreck
85 feet

Reef scene with Giant Spined Star, Strawberry Anemones, sponge, coralline algae, and Giant Kelp

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS51 strobe

Brett Tischler

4/3/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days Wreck
75 feet

Chromodoris macfarlandi

Nikon D300s
Dual YS-250 strobes
60mm macro
Sea & Sea +10 wet diopter

Walt Conklin

4/3/2010
Catalina Island
Indian Rock
30 feet

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125's
Tokina 12-24mm lens at 12mm
f/8, 1/60, ISO 200

Roger Uzun

4/3/2010
North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Straits

Mating Octopuses
Unidentified

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

Chris Samaritoni

4/3/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days Wreck
50 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon PowerShot G9
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS160 Strobe

Steve Murvine

4/3/2010
La Jolla
Quast Rock
65 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite TTL DS-125 strobe

Volker Kilian

3/29/2010
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
60 feet

Diver Erik Toews and a

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Canon G9
Ambient light

Scott McGee

4/3/2010
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

Sunset

Nikon D200
18mm lens w/ graduated ND filter
f/16, 0.6sec

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