Photos of the Week #290

November 8, 2010

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Joshua Stewart
First submission to POTW!

10/26/2010
Catalina Island

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sealife 1200
Dual strobes
Wide angle lens
Michael Kazma
First submission to POTW!

11/2/2010
La Jolla Shores

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Sea & Sea DX-1200HD
Dave Rudie

11/2/2010
La Paz, Mexico

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Olympus SP-350
Herb Gruenhagen

11/7/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
45 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Single YS110 strobe
Matt Cerezo

11/7/2010
La Jolla Shores
10 feet

Diver Laura D. trying out her brand new steel 100!

Sealife DC1000
Scott McGee

11/7/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
70 feet

Blue-ring Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
105mm lens
f/18, 1/200
Dori Dirig

11/6/2010
La Jolla Shores

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
Brian McHugh

11/1/2010
La Jolla Shores

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Olympus E-520
YS110a strobe with snoot
50mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter
f/11, 1/125, ISO 100
Scott Gietler

11/3/2010
La Paz, Mexico

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Is this a Panamic Cushion Star?
Pentaceraster cumingi

Nikon D300
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/16, 1/320, ISO 200
Steve Gardner

11/6/2010
La Jolla Shores
30 feet

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Sea Pen
Stylatula elongata

Nikon D70
Dual strobes
16mm lens
f/F10, 1/160, ISO 400
Peter Brueggeman

11/7/2010
Point Loma
70 feet

Giant-spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS51 strobe and Sea & Sea YS120 slave strobe
Spencer Tuck

11/7/2010
La Jolla Shores

Divers Scott McGee (lower) and Bill Sullivan (upper) along the wall

Canon 50D
Ikelite housing
Natural light
10-17mm lens
Michael Zeigler

11/5/2010
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Sculpin
Artedius sp.

Nikon D90
Ikelite DS161 strobe
105mm lens
f/32, 1/125, ISO 200
Tracy Clark

11/6/2010
La Jolla Shores

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

Nikon D200
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter

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