Divebums: Photos of the Week #265

Photos of the Week #265

May 17, 2010

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	Monty Blashill First submission to POTW! 5/13/2010 Hawaii Kailua-Kona Golden Arches Leaf Scorpionfish Taenianotus triacanthus Olympus C-5060 PT-020 housing
	Tracy Clark 5/16/2010 La Jolla Shores A gammarid amphipod and juveniles Perampithoe humeralis Nikon D70s 60mm lens These amphipods build nests in the kelp blades to rear direct developing juveniles; in an El Nino, they can take over a kelp forest and mow it down.
	Kevin Lee 5/15/2010 Four miles off Dana Point The salp chain Pegea confoederata Nikon D300 Dual Inon Z-240 strobes Tokina 10-17mm lens
	Brett Tischler 5/16/2010 Long Beach Oil Rigs Possibly a late larval Cowcod (2 cm) Sebastes levis Nikon D300S Dual YS-250 strobes 60mm lens
	Steve Gardner 5/14/2010 La Jolla Shores Hornyhead Turbot Pleuronichthys verticalis Leeches Unidentified Nikon D70 Dual strobes 60mm lens
	Brenda Bridgett 5/16/2010 La Jolla Shores Sarcastic Fringehead Neoclinus blanchardi eating a clam Canon A570 Internal flash
	Mike Hallack 5/15/2010 La Jolla Shores North Wall 80 feet Bluebanded Goby Lythrypnus dalli Nikon D90 Ikelite DS125 strobe
	Spencer Tuck 5/15/2010 La Jolla Shores 60 feet Juvenile Southern Kelp Crab Taliepus nuttalli Canon 50D Ikelite Housing DS160 & DS125 strobes 60mm lens
	Mark Pidcoe 5/13/2010 La Jolla Shores Main Wall 65 feet Northern Kelp Crab Pugettia producta Sea & Sea DX750G Intova ISS2000 strobe
	David Andrew 5/14/2010 Molokai Moku Ho’Oniki 95 feet Bandit Angelfish Apolemichthys arcuatus Nikon D90 Ikelite housing Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes 60mm lens f/16.0, 1/200, ISO 320
	Allison Vitsky 5/15/2010 Los Coronados North Island Cuthona fulgens Canon 7D Dual YS-250 strobes 100mm lens Macro Mate diopter
	Mike Herndon 5/15/2010 Redondo Beach Vet's Park 40 feet Juvenile Horn Shark (5 inches) Loxorhynchus grandis Olympus SP350 YS-110 strobe
	Steve Murvine 5/15/2010 San Diego's Wreck Alley Yukon Milt's Tilt Canon G-9 Ikelite DS-125 strobe
	Scott Gietler 5/17/2010 Catalina Island Bird Rock Photographer Keri Wilk and a Hermissenda crassicornis Nikon D300 Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens f/10, 1/125, ISO 200
	Scott McGee 5/16/2010 La Jolla Shores Main Wall 60 feet Sarcastic Fringehead Neoclinus blanchardi Nikon D200 Ikelite housing Dual DS125 strobes 60mm lens f/20, 1/200
	Clint Crowe 5/13/2010 Hawaii Puako 25 feet Commerson's Frogfish Antennarius commerson Canon A710IS Canon WP6 housing
	Roger Uzun 5/16/2010 La Jolla Cove Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictus Sony HDR-XR520V camcorder Light & Motion Bluefin Pro housing Wide angle port Sunray 2000 Video lights
	Martha Edge 5/15/2010 Point Loma Lazy Days wreck Courting Painted Greenlings Oxylebius pictus Olympus C5050 Inon strobe
	Walter Heim 5/16/2010 Point Loma 45 feet Mostly Purple Sea Urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus attacking Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Canon 20D Dual SB105 strobes Tokina 10-17mm lens
	Kim Mitchell 5/10/2010 Bonaire Bari Reef 6 feet Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda Canon Powershot SD880IS

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