Photos of the Week #24

October 3, 2005

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Ron Hawkins

9/29/2005
Bimini, Bahamas
Bull Run

Blacktip Reef Sharks
Carcharhinus limbatus

Olympus 7000
Ikelite housing
No strobe

Mike Bartick

10/2/2005
Catalina Island
Long Point

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Antonio Frias

10/2/2005
Los Coronados
South Island

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

and a diver

Matt Gieselman

10/1/2005
La Jolla Shores
Sand Dollar Beds

Spotted Sand Bass
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon EOS 20D
EF-S 60 Macro Lens
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
f/8, ISO 100

Dean Uyeda

9/30/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs
90'

Slipper Sea Cucumber
Psolus chitonoides

Tom Byrnes

9/21/2005
Bonaire
Bari Reef

Sharptail Snake Eel
Myrichthys breviceps

Motomarine II
Kodak 400 MAX

Richard Alvarado

9/28/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii

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

Richard Girouard

10/2/2005
Point Loma Kelp

Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-50 strobe

Steve Gardner

10/1/2005
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Mating California Sea Slugs
Pleurobrachaea californica

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
2 Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100, Supermacro

The white part of the upper nudibranch is probably its gills.

Terry Strait

10/1/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Mating White-spotted Porostomes
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Olympus C4040Z
External strobe at 2.5
f5, 1/60, ISO 100
Manual focus, spot metering

Tracy Clark

10/2/2005
La Jolla Shores

Hornyhead Turbot
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Kevin Lee

9/30/2005
Indonesia
Dunia Baru

Blue Ribbon Eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Oly C-5060
Dual YS-90DX and single, slave YS-15 (three strobes)

Peter McGuinness

10/1/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon
75'

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Canon a75
ambient light, with color correction

Kristen Briggs

10/2/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Hermissenda crassicornis

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Canon A95 with Canon housing

Previous Weeks:

September 26, 2005

September 19, 2005

September 12, 2005

September 6, 2005

August 29, 2005

August 22, 2005

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