Divebums: Photos of the Week #56

Photos of the Week #56

May 15, 2006

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	Jim Lyle 5/14/2006 Cozumel, Mexico Grey Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus Olympus c5050 PT-015 housing Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 64
	Kevin Lee 5/13/2006 Catalina Island West End Egg strands, most likely from an Octopus Octopus sp. Olympus C-5060 Dual YS 90DX strobes
	*D. spaldingi by G. spalding iii* George E. Spalding, III 5/13/2006 Scripps Canyon Spalding's Dorid Doriopsilla spaldingi Canon Digital IXUS 430
	Pete Hergesheimer 5/13/2006 San Clemente Island Windowpane California Sheephead Semicossyphus pulcher A female sheephead, enamored of Pete's camera! Canon Powershot SD-500 with a flash diffuser
	Stephanie Truhlar 5/13/2006 La Jolla Shores The Main Wall Stearns' Aeolid Austraeolis stearnsi Canon Powershot A520
	Robert Todd 5/14/2006 Baja California, Mexico La Bufadora Near The Arch Anemone Urticina sp. Spiny Brittle Stars Ophiothrix spiculata Olympus C-4000 Ikelite DS125 Strobe (1/4 power) Inon UWL-100 Lens f/3.2, 1/30, ISO 100, manual settings
	Tracy Clark 5/12/2006 Maui, Hawaii Ulua Beach Commerson's Frogfish Antennarius commerson Nikon D70 60mm lens
	Mike Strickland 5/5/2006 British Virgin Islands Salt Island Wreck of the RMS Rhone Brain Coral Diploria sp. Canon PowerShot A95 Canon housing
	Terry Strait 5/10/2006 Scripps Canyon Sumner Branch Rockpool Blenny Hypsoblennius gilberti Olympus C8080WZ f/8, 1/800, ISO 50
	Peter McGuinness 5/13/2006 La Jolla Shores Northern sand flats 45' Rainbow Dendronotus Dendronotus iris Canon a75 Epoque strobe at GN 4.5 f/8, 1/500
	David Dirig 5/14/2006 La Jolla Shores The Main Wall 80' Two Octopuses (mating?) Octopus sp. Olympus C8080 Ikelite housing DS-50 strobe
	Scott Gietler 5/9/2006 Catalina Island Casino Point Underwater Park Male Mantis Shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis Fuji F10 Internal flash
	Phil Garner 5/14/2006 San Pedro Cabrillo Beach Boat Launch Santa Barbara Janolus Janolus barbarensis Digimax V5 "There are hundreds of mating and munching Lion Nudis on the kelp canopy as well as Santa Barbara nudis, Triophs maculata, Hermissenda crassicornis and Polycera atra. It is amazing to see so many nudis from the surface."
	Dan Scanderbeg 5/10/2006 La Jolla Shores Secret Garden Sarcastic Fringehead Neoclinus blanchardi Canon A95 Canon housing f/2.8, 1/60
	Dave McNair 5/9/2006 La Jolla Shores Hornyhead Turbot Pleuronichthys verticalis Nikon CoolPix 4100 Internal flash
	Margaret Webb 5/14/2006 Palos Verdes Peninsula Marineland Horned Aeolid Hermissenda crassicornis Olympus c5050 2 ikelite ds 125 strobes
	Steve Briggs 5/14/2006 La Jolla Shores Sanddab, probably a Pacific Sanddab Citharichthys sordidus Canon A95 Canon housing
	Matt Gieselman 5/13/2006 San Clemente Island California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus Canon 20D Ikelite DS-125 x 2 60mm Macro
	Barbara Lloyd 5/11/2006 La Jolla Shores Shallows Sea Pansy, close-up on polyps Renilla koellikeri Olympus C-8080 Ikelite Housing NiteRider Dual HID lighting f/3.2, 1/30, ISO 100 Macro (23.4mm)
	Mike Bartick 5/15/2006 Catalina Island Casino Point Underwater Park Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas Canon Digital Rebel XT Ikelite housing Single YS125 strobe 60mm lens