Photos of the Week #258

March 29, 2010

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Brett Tischler

3/28/2010
Los Coronados

A Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

feeding on a salp chain
Pegea confoederata

Nikon D300S
Dual YS-250 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens

George Foster

3/28/2010
La Jolla
Marine Room

Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

on Sargassum muticum

Nikon D200
Aquatica housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/80, ISO 200

Brian McHugh

3/27/2010
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Olympus E-520
Sea & Sea 110a & 110 strobes
50mm lens

Allison Vitsky

3/27/2010
La Jolla Shores

Dendronotus frondosus

Canon EOS 7D
Single YS-250 strobe
100mm macro lens

Mark Pidcoe

3/27/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feet

Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Sony P150
Intova ISS2000 strobe

John Duddy

3/27/2010
La Jolla Canyon
Murray Head
140 feet

Doriopsilla spaldingi

Canon SD1100
Fantasea housing
Internal flash

Gayle Van Leer

3/28/2010
Los Coronados

Leucothea pulcra

Sea Butterfly
Corolla calceola

Salp chain
Pegea confoederata

Sony T900
Sony housing
Internal flash

Spencer Tuck

3/28/2010
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

Divers Laura Coburn and
Bill Sullivan above

Hornyhead Turbot
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon 50D
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 and DS160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens

Steve Murvine

3/27/2010
Point Loma
75 feet

An unusual pattern variation on
Diaulula sandiegensis

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite TTL DS-125 strobe

Scott McGee

3/27/2010
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Diver Mike Bear above a pinnacle

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes
10.5mm lens
f/8, 1/50

Walter Heim

3/28/2010
La Jolla Cove
30 feet

Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon 20D
Dual SB105 strobes

Herb Gruenhagen

3/28/2010
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

A young Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Sea & Sea 2G
Single YS110 strobe

Stuart Berryhill

3/27/2010
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
35 feet

Tylodina fungina

Nikonos V
YS-60 strobe
28mm lens on an extension tube
Fujichrome Provia 100 film

Roger Uzun

3/28/2010
North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bunaken National Park

Moorish Idols
Zanclus cornutus

Sony HDR-520v camcorder
Light and Motion Bluefin Pro housing
Natural light
Fathom imaging wide angle lens port

Tracy Clark

3/28/2010
La Jolla Shores

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

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