Photos of the Week #263

May 3, 2010

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Jim Lobb
First submission to POTW!

4/24/2010
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Olympus C5050
Internal flash
Chris Samaritoni

5/2/2010
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
30 feet

Two California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon PowerShot G9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS160 strobe
Brian McHugh

4/27/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
45 feet

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Olympus E-520
Sea & Sea 110a and 110 strobes
50mm lens
f/18, 1/180, ISO 100
Steve Murvine

5/2/2010
Off San Pedro
Oil Rig Ellie
60 feet

The comb jelly
Leucothea pulchra

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
DS-125 strobe
John H. Moore

4/27/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Juvenile Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

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

5/2/2010
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
55 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Single Sea & Sea YS110 strobe
Brett Tischler

4/29/2010
West Palm Beach, Florida

Loggerhead Turtle?

Nikon D300S
Dual YS-250 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm at 14mm
Jim Lyle

5/3/2010
Blue water off Palos Verdes
117 feet

The anthomedusa
Stomotoca atra

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens
f/13, 1/160, ISO 100
Frédéric Pache

5/2/2010
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Canon Powershot G10
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS160 strobe
f/4, 1/60, ISO 80
Scott McGee

5/2/2010
La Jolla Shores

Divers at the water's edge

Taken with an HTC Incredible phone
Gayle Van Leer

5/2/2010
Off San Pedro
Oil Rig Ellie
50 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

(what are the hitchhikers?)

Sony T900
Internal flash

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