Photos of the Week
Favorite Photos from the First Half-Year

October 17, 2005

To celebrate the first six months of Divebums Photos of the Week, each contributor to Photos of the Week was invited to submit one favorite photo of theirs from the past six months (roughly Apr 19 - Oct 17, 2005). The photo did not have to be one previously used on Photos of the Week.

Photos are basically in the order received.

Wayne Phillips

5/27/2005
Belize
Ambergris Caye

Diver and His Buddy

Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Sea & Sea DX3000G
ASA setting: 200

Dave McNair

March 2005
Bonaire
Invisibles

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
Periclimenes yucatanicus

Nikon Coolpix 4100
Nikon housing
Internal flash

Antonio Frias

7/13/2005
Los Coronados
Middle Grounds
Moon Bay

Nikon D70
2 Inon 220 Strobes
Nikon AF 105mm
f/20, 1/500 to achieve dark background and underexposed on purpose to achieve more color.
Strobes on half intensity and side lighting to achieve more contrast.

Renee Gallo

8/18/2005
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz
Los Islotes

Jim Lyle

6/19/2005
Redondo Beach
Wreck of the Palawan

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Oly c5050
PT-015 Housing
Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Inon WA lens
f3.6, 1/60, ISO 64

Laurel Valker

8/7/2005
On one of the Oil Rigs

Feather Duster Worm
Eudistylia sp.

Olympus c5050

Richard Alvarado

9/10/2005
La Jolla Shores

California Halibut
Paralichthys californicus

Sea & Sea DX 3000G
f2.6, 1/42, ISO 161

Dean Uyeda

5/18/2005
Roatan, Honduras

A Snapper
Lutjanus sp. (which?)

Bar Jacks
Caranx ruber

Steve Murvine

7/17/2005
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

White Dendronotid
Dendronotus albus

3.2 megapixel Olympus

Richard Girouard

3/27/2005
La Jolla Shores

Octopus, probably

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus, or
Octopus bimaculoides

Sony Cybershot DSC-T1

Steve Gardner

8/24/2005
La Jolla Shores

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 Strobes

Jennifer Ayers

7/23/2005
Point Lobos
The Pinnacles

Peltodoris nobilis

Martha Edge

8/9/2005
Negros Oriental, Philippines
Apo Island

Giant Frogfish
Antennarius commerson

Olympus C5050
Internal Strobe

Kristen Briggs

9/10/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
El Rey

Painted Greenlings
Oxylebius pictus

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Canon A95
Canon housing

Mike Bartick

8/25/2005
Fiji
Kadavu

Phyllidia ocellata

Olympus 410 stylus

Kevin Lee

10/2/2005
Wakatobi, Indonesia
House Reef
15'

Giant Frogfish
Antennarius commerson

Oly C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Bob Wilson

9/7/2005
Hawaii
Lanai
Second Cathedral

Olympus C-750
Sunpak G-Flash

Margaret Webb

9/5/2005
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes

Mark Chapman

March 2005
Bonaire
Alice in Wonderland

Blennie in Star Coral

Blennie species?

Nikon Coolpix 5000
f/8, 1/250, macro setting

"Incidentally, that camera was stolen at the end of the trip. I had copied all the photos (997 in all from my 2G card) to my friend's laptop that also got stolen at the same time!! Three months later the laptop showed up in Curacao and the photos were still on it and we got them back."

Randy Sysol

August 2005
Los Coronados
North Island
Keyhole

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Rick Ramsey

6/18/2005
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing

Mark Pidcoe

9/25/2005
La Jolla Shores
15'

Small Flatfish
Species?

Todd Warshaw

7/31/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Moray Eel
Gymnothorax mordax

Dan Scanderbeg

7/9/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

Canon A95
Canon housing
f3.2, 1/60

Donna Shelley

10/3/2005
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz
Wreck of the Fang Ming

Juvenile Cortez Angelfish
Pomacanthus zonipectus

Olympus C-5050
PT-015 housing
Internal flash, with diffuser

Roger Carlson

7/19/2005
Victoria, British Columbia
Ogden Point Breakwall

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

and diver Josh Levi playing Young Skywalker

Olympus c5050
Two Ikelite DS125's

Garry McCarthy

9/23/2005
Santa Cruz Island

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Nikon 8008s
Subal Housing
60mm Micro-Nikkor Lens
Fuji Velvia 100 film

David LaLonde

March 2005
Belize
Ambergris Caye

"Wayne and Tony photographing a turtle."

Len Wittrock

6/28/2005
Ireland
Inish Bofin
50'

Spotted White Dogfish Shark
or Lesser Spotted Dogfish
Scyliorhinus canicula