Photos of the Week #23

September 26, 2005

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Tracy Clark

9/22/2005
La Jolla Shores

California Cone
Conus californicus

eating a

Polychaete Worm
Family Onuphidae

Wayne Phillips

9/22/2005
Bali, Indonesia
Tumlamben

Sea&Sea DX3000G
ASA setting 200

"This is the typical way the tiny Balisian women carry your dive gear, and sometime they have a couple of dive belts as well."

Dan Scanderbeg

9/24/2005
San Pedro
Cabrillo Beach

Very elusive chocolate lobster
Panulirus yumlobsterous

Margaret Webb

9/25/2005
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Zoanthid
(Undescribed)

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

Steve Gardner

9/23/2005
Santa Cruz Island

Anemone
which??

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
2 Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
f8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro

Jennifer Ayers

9/25/2005
Catalina Channel

Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis

Rick Ramsey

9/25/2005
Scripps Canyon

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Chromodoris macfarlandi
(the purple ones)

White Dorid
Conualevia alba
(the white one)

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash

Richard Anderson

9/24/2005
La Jolla Shores
Past Secret Garden
140'

Juvenile Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

having lunch

Peter McGuinness

9/24/2005
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
110'

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Canon a75
Internal strobe

Terry Strait

9/20/2005
La Jolla
Marine Room Canyon

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Olympus C4040Z
External strobe at 3.5
f3.6, 1/80, ISO 100
Manual focus

Kevin Lee

9/24/2005
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Tanjung Patok

Anna's Chromodorid
Chromodoris annae

Oly C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Robert Johnson

9/23/2005
Anacapa Island

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Canon sd110 3.2 megapixel
Internal flash

Dan Zoglio

9/25/2005
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
70'

Juvenile Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Pixtreme camera

Garry McCarthy

9/23/2005
Santa Cruz Island
Quail Rock

Shrimp Eyes
probably from

Coonstripe or Dock Shrimp
Pandalus gurneyi

Nikon 8008s
Subal housing
Fuji Velvia 100 film
Dual Strobes
"Super Macro" setup (105 mm lens with 12+20+36mm extension tubes, stacked)

Mark Pidcoe

9/25/2005
La Jolla Canyon
South Walls

Mixed School:

Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax

Previous Weeks:

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