Photos of the Week #270

June 21, 2010

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Peter McGuinness

6/19/2010
La Jolla Shores
85 feet

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Olympus 7070
Ikelite housing
Single DS50 substrobe
f/7.1, 1/30, ISO 100

Scott McGee

6/19/2010
Point Loma
Lazy Days wreck
70 feet

Giant Spined Star on kelp
Pisaster giganteus

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
10.5mm lens
f/8, 1/160

Steve Murvine

6/20/2010
Point Loma
70 feet

Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes

Spencer Tuck

6/20/2010
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Dendronotus iris

Canon 50D
Dual Ikelite strobes
Tokina 10-17 lens at 10mm

Gayle Van Leer

6/20/2010
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
70 feet

Cuthona divae

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Brenda Bridgett

6/14/2010
La Jolla Shores
South of the Main Wall

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Canon A570
Internal flash

Mark Pidcoe

6/19/2010
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels
85 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sea & Sea DX750G
Intova ISS2000 flash

Walt Conklin

6/19/2010
Catalina Island
Paradise Cove
35 feet

Zebra Gobies
Lythrypnus zebra

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/8, 1/125, ISO 200

Jim Lobb

6/18/2010
Point Loma
NRAD West

Anemone
Urticina sp.

Olympus C-5050
Internal flash

Matt Cerezo

6/15/2010
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
75 feet

Diver Donovan Lewis looks at a

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Sealife DC1000

Herb Gruenhagen

6/19/2010
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels
75 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Dual YS110 strobes

Steve Gardner

6/19/2010
Point Loma
Seven Fathoms
65 feet

Rock Scallop
Crassedoma giganteum

Nikon D70
Dual strobes
60mm lens

Margaret Webb

6/16/2010
Redondo Beach
Redondo Artificial Reef
The Barge
70 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis and eggs

Nikon D200
Dual DS-125 strobes
60mm lens with a Woody's diopter

Stuart Berryhill

6/18/2010
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
30 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Olympus D-580
YS-60 strobe

Roger Uzun

6/18/2010
Catalina Island

Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Camera Sony HDR-520v
Light & Motion Bluefin Pro housing
Ambient light

Walter Heim

6/18/2010
3 miles off Torrey Pines

Blue Shark
Prionace glauca

Canon 20D
Ambient light

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