Photos of the Week #28

October 31, 2005

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Johan Cronje

10/29/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Rock Scallops
Crassedoma giganteum

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Yellow Sponge
Species?

Canon S45
WP-DC40 housing
Sea&Sea YS-60TTL strobe with digital adapter

Steve Murvine

10/29/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Yukon Plaque

Sony wsc-w7
no strobe

Click here for a larger version, to read the plaque.

Mark Chapman

10/30/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D-70
60mm lens
f/16, 1/125

Tracy Clark

10/28/2005
La Jolla Shores

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Eating a

Purple-striped Jelly
Chyrsaora colorata

Olympus 770
Olympus flash

Mick Bartick

10/30/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Ruby E Plaque

Click here for a larger version, to read the plaque.

Dan Scanderbeg

10/29/2005
Catalina Island
Casino Point

"Oscar" the famed California Sheephead of the dive park
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon A95
Canon housing
f/2.8, 1/60

Terry Strait

10/26/2005
La Jolla Shores

Buoy line anchor, with

Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus C4040Z
f/8, 1/60
ISO 100, spot metering

Steve Gardner

10/29/2005
La Jolla Shores

Purple-striped Jelly
Chyrsaora colorata

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two Ikelite DS50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro

Kevin Lee

10/29/2005
Catalina Island
Old Quarry

Jacksmelt or Topsmelt
Atherinops sp.

And one Senorita
Oxyjulis californica

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Herb Gruenhagen

10/30/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall Plains

California Sea Slug
Pleurobranchaea california

Nikon N8008s
Fujicolor Print Film

Paul Cracknell

10/23/2005
Catalina Island

Righteye Flounder, perhaps

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

Canon S40
No flash; color corrected

Robert Braasch

10/24/2005
Thailand
Koh Samui

Pink Anemonefish
Species?

Canon A75
Internal flash and diffuser

Marge Cosgrove

10/24/2005
Thailand
Koh Samui

The wall at Sail Rock

Canon A75
Internal flash and diffuser

Previous Weeks:

October 24, 2005 (POTW #27)

Special Half-year Favorites Page

October 17, 2005 (POTW #26)

October 10, 2005 (POTW #25)

October 3, 2005 (POTW #24)

September 26, 2005 (POTW #23)

September 19, 2005 (POTW #22)

September 12, 2005 (POTW #21)

September 6, 2005 (POTW #20)

August 29, 2005 (POTW #19)

August 22, 2005 (POTW #18)

August 15, 2005 (POTW #17)

August 8, 2005 (POTW #16)

August 1, 2005 (POTW #15)

July 25, 2005 (POTW #14)

July 18, 2005 (POTW #13)

July 11, 2005 (POTW #12)

July 5, 2005 (POTW #11)

June 27, 2005 (POTW #10)

June 20, 2005 (POTW #9)

June 13, 2005 (POTW #8)

June 6, 2005 (POTW #7)

May 31, 2005 (POTW #6)

May 23, 2005 (POTW #5)

May 16, 2005 (POTW #4)

May 9, 2005 (POTW #3)

May 2, 2005 (POTW #2)

April 25, 2005 (POTW #1)