Photos of the Week #41

January 30, 2006

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Rich Arrieta

1/26/2006
Crystal River, Florida

West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus

Sealife DC500

Mark Pidcoe

1/24/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Blackspotted Shrimp
Crangon nigromaculata

Sony P-150
Sony Housing

Terry Strait

1/26/2006
La Jolla Shores

Stubby Squid
Rossia pacifica

Olympus 8080
Single DS125 strobe
Supermacro mode
f/5.6, 1/100

Steve Murvine

1/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Train Wheels

Spanish Shawl on Kelp Holdfast

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sony dsc-w7

Tracy Clark

1/27/2006
La Jolla Shores

A squid dinner!

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Dead Market Squid and Egg Sacs
Loligo opalescens

Nikon D70
14mm lens

Dan Zoglio

1/26/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Ocean Whitefish
Caulolatilus princeps

Pixtreme 3.1 Digital
Internal Flash

Richard Girouard

1/25/2006
La Jolla Shores

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon SD500
Canon housing

Peter Brueggeman

1/28/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Todd Warshaw

1/25/2006
Scripps Canyon
90'

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Kevin Lee

1/28/2006
Laguna Beach
Crescent Beach

Red Sea Urchin (left)
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Sea Urchin (right)
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90DX strobes

Steve Gardner

1/28/2006
La Jolla Shores

Baby Hermissenda on squid egg sacs

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus c5050z
Ikelite Housing
DS50 Strobe
f/8, 1/100, ISO100
Supermacro

Steve Briggs

1/29/2006
La Jolla Shores

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Canon A95
Canon housing

Previous Weeks:

January 23, 2006 (POTW #40)

January 17, 2006 (POTW #39)

January 9, 2006 (POTW #38)

January 3, 2006 (POTW #37)

December 26, 2005 (POTW #36)

December 19, 2005 (POTW #35)

December 12, 2005 (POTW #34)

December 5, 2005 (POTW #33)

November 28, 2005 (POTW #32)

November 21, 2005 (POTW #31)

November 14, 2005 (POTW #30)

November 7, 2005 (POTW #29)

October 31, 2005 (POTW #28)

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)