Photos of the Week #11

July 5, 2005

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Scott Godwin

7/2/2005 Night
La Jolla Shores
50'

Stubby Squid
Rossia pacifica

Tracy Clark

7/2/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
HMCS Yukon

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

...and many many small fish!

Jim Lyle

7/4/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Old Marineland dock

Rictaxis punctocaelatus

f8, 1/250, ISO 64

Oly c5050
dual Ike DS-125 strobes
stacked macro lens adapters

Randy Sysol

7/1/2005
La Jolla
Quast Rock

Sponge, probably

Red Sponge
Ophlitaspongia pennata

Olympus C-5050
PT015 Housing
Ikelite DS125 Strobe

Mya Breitbart

6/29/2005
Los Coronados

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

Dean Uyeda

7/2/2005
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

Robert Johnson

6/29/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

White-spotted Porostome
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Canon SD 110
Canon housing
internal flash

Steve Gardner

7/2/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
two DS 50 strobes

Super Macro, 1/100 sec, F8, ISO 100

Peter McGuinness

7/3/2005
San Clemente Island
The Arch

Urticina, perhaps

White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Canon a75 internal strobe

Debbie Karimoto

7/1/2005
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Juvenile Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Zooanthids
(species?)
(Gottshall lists as undescribed)

f/3.6, 1/30 sec, 100 ISO

Olympus 5050
Inon D-180 strobe

Kevin Lee

7/1/2005
Catalina Island

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Oly C-5060
dual YS-90DX strobes

Margaret Webb

7/4/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Buchannan's Reef

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds125 strobes
Inon macro lens

f8, 1/800, iso 64

Lonnie Sharp

7/3/2005
US/Mexican Border
Missile Tower
145' deep

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

Still from video

Dan Scanderbeg

6/28/2005
Scripps Canyon

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata

Canon A95
Canon housing
Internal strobe

f 2.8, 1/60

Steve Murvine

7/2/2005
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

White-spotted Porostome
Doriopsilla albopunctata

the red algae is
Rhodymenia pacifica

Phil Garner

7/4/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis

Digimax V5 / Kenox V5

Flash used: No
Focal length: 7.7mm
Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.7
ISO equiv.: 100

Previous Weeks:

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