Photos of the Week #271

June 28, 2010

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Mike Bartick

6/30/2010
Open ocean near the west end of Anacapa Island

Sea Nettles
Chrysaora fuscescens

Nikon D300
Dual YS-250 strobes
Toking 10-17mm lens

Steve Murvine

6/26/2010
Point Loma
15 feet

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

Canon G9
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes

Debbie Karimoto

6/21/2010
Carmel, California
Great Pinnacle

The jellyfish
Scrippsia pacifica

Canon G10
Dual Inon strobes

John H. Moore

6/23/2010
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon

Close-up on a
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

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

Walt Conklin

6/26/2010
Catalina Island
Lion Head

Oyster on a gorgonian
Family Ostreidae
Probably Crassostrea sp.

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/8, 1/80, ISO 200

Stuart Berryhill

6/25/2010
Catalina Island
Cave Cove
25 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundis

Olympus FE-360
Single YS-60 strobe

Gayle Van Leer

6/26/2010
San Clemente Island
50 feet

Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Sony T900

David Andrew

6/26/2010
Point Loma Kelp
Seven Fathoms
64 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon D90
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16.0, 1/200, ISO 320

Brett Tischler

6/27/2010
San Clemente Island

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundis

Nikon D300S
Dual YS-250 strobes
60mm lens

Scott McGee

6/27/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Walls
6 feet

Can anyone confirm or deny
that this is a...
Juvenile California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
60mm lens
f/18, 1/200

Dave Rudie

6/24/2010
Tahiti
55 feet

Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata

Blacktip Reef Sharks
Carcharhinus melanopterus

Olympus E410

Roger Uzun

6/27/2010
San Clemente Island
70 feet

Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Sony HDR-XR520V camcorder
Light & Motion Bluefin Pro housing
Wide angle port
Sunray 2000 video lights

Brian McHugh

6/23/2010
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Cenote Dos Ojos

Olympus E-520
YS-110a & 110 strobes
9-18mm lens at 9 mm

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