Photos of the Week #268

June 7, 2010

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Mike Bartick

6/5/2010
Blue water 3 miles off Dana Point

A larval Pacific Sanddab
Citharichthys sordidus

Nikon D300
Single strobe
60mm lens

Kevin Lee

6/5/2010
Blue water 3 miles off Dana Point

The comb jelly
Beroe forskalii

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes

Jim Lobb

6/5/2010
Los Coronados
Keyhole

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus C-5050
Olympus PT-015 housing
Internal flash

Gayle Van Leer

6/6/2010
Point Loma
70 feet

Cadlina flavomaculata

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

6/6/2010
South Point Loma
80 feet

Flabellina trilineata on a cup coral

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Inon macro wet lenses double stacked (this nudi was about 1/2" to 3/4" long )

Gerald Winkel

6/3/2010
Monterey
Aumentos Reef
65 feet

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon SD790IS
Internal flash

Scott McGee

6/5/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

David Andrew

6/5/2010
Santa Cruz Island
Fern Grotto
64 feet

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Nikon D90
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
60mm lens
f/14.0, 1/200, ISO 320

Roger Uzun

6/6/2010
Los Coronados

Mexichromis porterae

Sony HDR-520v
Light & Motion Bluefin Pro housing
Sunray 2000 video lights
Flat port and 4x macro lens

Matt Grace

5/30–6/4/2010
Roatan, Honduras

Animation of 5 photos

Canon 50D
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110a strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens

Brian McHugh

6/6/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Austraeolis stearnsi

Olympus E-520
YS-110a & YS-110 strobes
50mm lens
f/18, 1/180, ISO 100

Steve Gardner

6/4/2010
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Nikon D70
Dual strobes
60mm lens

Brenda Brigett

6/4/2010
La Jolla Shores

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon A570
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

6/5/2010
La Jolla Shores

Mating Swimming Crabs
Portunus xantusii

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

John H. Moore

6/3/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Female Two-spot Octopus guarding eggs
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

6/2/2010
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

eating a Speckled Sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus

6/3/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
50 feet

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes (TTL)
60mm lens

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