Photos of the Week #18

August 22, 2005

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Todd Warshaw

8/20/2005
Scripps Canyon
120'

Two Doriopsilla spaldingi

Bob Wilson

8/21/2005
Los Coronados
North Island

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Olympus C-750 UZ
Olympus PT-018 Housing
Sunpak G-Flash Strobe

Tracy Clark

8/20/2005
La Jolla Shores

California Sea Slug
Pleurobrancaea californica

Olympus 770
Olympus housed flash

Randy Sysol

8/21/2005
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Olympus C5050
Internal strobe

Richard Girouard

8/20/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Juvenile Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Sony DSC-T1 in the
Sony housing

Jan Larson

8/13/2005
Catalina Island
Casino Point

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Olympus C-7070
Macro

Martha Edge

8/19/2005
Philippines
Negros Oriental
Apo Island

Anna's Chromodorid
Chromodoris annae

Many Tunicates
Clavelina moluccensi

Olympus 5050
No strobe

Dave McNair

8/20/2005
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Juvenile White Seabass
Cynoscion nobilis

Nikon Coolpix 4100
Internal flash

Terry Strait

8/16/2005
La Jolla Shores
Sand Dollar Beds

Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Rick Anderson

8/21/2005
La Jolla Shores
Past Cabezon Cruiser
150'

Rockfish (type?)
Sebastes ??

Steve Gardner

8/21/2005
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Navanax inermis

Olympus 5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
ISO 100, 1/100 sec., Supermacro

Rick Ramsey

8/18/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Do you see it?

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro

Debbie Karimoto

8/20/2005
La Jolla Shores
Near Secret Garden

Underside of a
Sea Mouse
Aphrodita sp.

In the middle, some kind of
Pea Crab
Unidentified

Olympus 5050 with an
Inon D-180 strobe
f/5.6, 1/100

Peter Corliss

8/21/2005
Catalina Island
Isthmus Reef

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Frame grab from video
Sony DCR-PC110 in
Sea&Sea Housing

Jim Lyle

8/19/2005
Mexico
Cozumel

Long Snout Seahorse
Hippocampus reidi

Oly C5050
Ikelite DS-125 strobes
f8, 1/250 sec.

Peter McGuinness

8/20/2005
La Jolla Shores
Marine Room

Navanax inermis

Canon A75
Internal Strobe

Aaron Simmons

8/17/2005
Laguna Beach
Moss Point

Sandflat Elbow Crab
Heterocrypta occidentalis

Ambient light

Kevin Lee

8/22/2005
La Jolla Shores

Pacific Halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis

Olympus C-5060
FL-20 & YS-15 slave strobes

Chris Bell

8/19/2005
Mexico
Playa del Carmen
Tortuga

Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter

Nikon CoolPix 990 in
Ikelite housing
Ikelite Substrobe 50 with TTL cable

Previous Weeks:

August 15, 2005

August 8, 2005

August 1, 2005

July 25, 2005

July 18, 2005

July 11, 2005

July 5, 2005

June 27, 2005

June 20, 2005

June 13, 2005

June 6, 2005

May 31, 2005

May 23, 2005

May 16, 2005

May 9, 2005

May 2, 2005

April 25, 2005