Photos of the Week #21

September 12, 2005

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Garry McCarthy

8/30/2005
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Speckled Sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus

Nikon 8008s
Subal housing
Kodak E100VS
Dual Strobes
Nikkor 105mm micro, with 12, 20 & 36 mm extension tubes, stacked

David Johnson

9/10/2005
Scripps Canyon

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Sony Cybershot T1
Internal Flash
Macro

Dean Uyeda

9/10/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Margaret Webb

9/10/2005
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

Olympus c5050
PT015 housing
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes
Inon macro lens
f8, 1/650

Dan Scanderbeg

9/9/2005
La Jolla Shores

Brown shrimp
Penaeus californicus

Canon A95
Canon housing
f2.8, 1/60

Jim Lyle

9/10/2005
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Garibaldi eggs
Hysypops rubicundus

Oly 5050
Single Ikelite DS-125 strobe
Stacked macro lens adapters
f8.0, 1/250 sec

Bob Wilson

9/7/2005
Hawaii
Lanai
Second Cathedral

Olympus C-750
Sunpak G-Flash

Kristen Briggs

9/10/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Tritonia festiva

Canon A95
Canon housing

Peter McGuinness

9/10/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Stearns' Aeolid
Austraeolis stearnsi

Canon a75
Epoque Strobe

Kevin Lee

9/8/2005
Catalina Island
Little Geiger

Spotted Kelpfish
Gibbonsia elegans

Olympus C-5060
YS-15 and YS-90DX strobes

Richard Girouard

9/10/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

California Berthella
Berthella californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 strobe

Mark Chapman

9/8/2005
Fiji
Vanua Levu
Dream House

Clark's Anemonefish
Amphiprion clarkii

Nikon D-70
105mm lens
f/16, 1/125

Mark Pidcoe

9/9/2005
Mission Bay Channel

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus, or
Octopus bimaculoides

"This guy was pretty tame and allowed us to play with him for several minutes. Saw at least two of his friends on this dive. Vis was poor at 5-6', but always a critter-filled dive location."

Terry Strait

9/10/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
45'

California Sea Slug and eggs
Pleurobranchaea californica

Olympus C4040Z
f3.6, 1/80, ISO 100
Manual focus

Rick Ramsey

9/10/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/flash

Steve Murvine

9/10/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

3.2 megapixel Olympus

Debbie Karimoto

9/6/2005
Laguna Beach
Cress Street

View from the top of the stairs, with foreground plants:

Statice
Limonium sp.

Richard Alvarado

9/10/2005
La Jolla Shores

Nudibranch eggs

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

Previous Weeks:

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