Photos of the Week #260

April 12, 2010

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Steve Murvine

4/10/2010
San Clemente Island
South end of leeward side

Diver Gayle Van Leer and

the invasive seaweed
Sargassum horneri

More info about this species.

If you dive in/near this stuff, please be sure to COMPLETLY clean your dive gear—so you don't help it spread.

Brett Tischler

4/11/2010
San Clemente Island

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Nikon D300S
Dual YS-250 Pro strobes
60mm macro lens

Kevin Lee

4/6/2010
Philippines
Anilao

Micromelo undatum

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110 strobes

Margaret Webb

4/11/2010
Palos Verdes
25 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Olympus e330
Dual DS-125 strobes
50mm lens

Gayle Van Leer

4/10/2010
San Clemente Island
50 feet

Scythe Butterflyfish
Chaetodon falcifer

Sony T900
Internal flash

Volker Kilian

4/7/2010
Scripps Canyon
100 feet

Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Canon G9
Internal flash

Brenda Bridgett

4/10/2010
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Unidentified

inside a Lewi's Moon Snail egg casing
Polinices lewisii

Canon A570
Internal flash

David Andrew

4/6/2010
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D90
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-160 strobes
60mm macro lens
f/16.0, 1/200, ISO 250

Walt Conklin

4/10/2010
Catalina Island
Lion Head
20 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 200

Matt Cerezo

4/11/2010
La Jolla Shores
South of the Main Wall
50 feet

Two Navanax
Navanax inermis

Sealife DC1000
Sealife Digital Strobe

Herb Gruenhagen

4/11/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Bluebanded Ronquil
Rathbunella hypoplecta

Sea & Sea 2G
Single YS-110 strobe

Mark Pidcoe

4/10/2010
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
95 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sea & Sea DX750G
Intova ISS2000 slave strobe

Allison Vitsky

4/11/2010
Los Coronados
South Island
40 feet

Doto amyra

Canon 7D
Single YS250 strobe
100mm lens
Macro Mate diopter

Steve Gardner

4/10/2010
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Coralline Sculpin
Artedius corallinus

Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Chaetopterus sp.

Nikon D70
Dual strobes
60mm lens
f/13, 1/200

Tracy Clark

4/10/2010
La Jolla Shores

Unidentified Dendronotus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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