Photos of the Week #81
November 6, 2006
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Mike Bartick
10/31/2006
Kona, Hawaii
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Canon Digital Rebel XT
15mm lens
Ambient light
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David Hershman
11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus
Olympus 720SW
Olympus housing
Internal Flash
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Jim Metzger
10/3/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Kelp Bass with injury
Paralabrax clathratus
Sealife DC500
Dual SL90D Strobes
24mm fisheye lens
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Steve Briggs
11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli
Canon A95
Canon housing
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Margaret Webb
11/5/2006
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef
Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite DS 125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens
f/2.8, 1/50
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Bill Thorpe
9/27/2006
Galapagos
Darwin Island
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Canon S70
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Kevin Lee
11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Isopod
Pentidotea resecata
Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes
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David Dirig
11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Near Three Fingers
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
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Robert Todd
11/5/2006
Scripps Canyon
"T. ceratops, first identified by G. Spalding III, who is so well known for discovering other creatures of the deep."
Olympus C4000
Ikelite housing
DS125 Strobe (1/4 power)
f/3.2, 1/500, ISO 100
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Terry Strait
11/4/2006
Point Loma Kelpl
Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor
Olympus C8080WZ
Ikelite DS125 strobe in TTL mode
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Steve Gardner
11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
Diver Kerry Mahoney and a
Dead Juvenile Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata
Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
f/8, ISO 100, Supermacro
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Barbara Lloyd
11/1/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci
Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/5, 1/60, ISO 100, 7.1mm
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Cynthia Velazquez
11/2/2006
Key Largo, Florida
Rainbow Parrotfish
Scarus guacamaia
Sargeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis
Yellowtail Snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
Canon A75
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Dallas Poore
11/5/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Canon 350D
Ikelite DS-125 with HID Light Cannon 100
60mm lens
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Jen Tople
10/28/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
MacFarland's Chromodorid
Chromodoris macfarlandi
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
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Virginia Hatter
11/4/2006
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
A fuzzy flatfish, perhaps a Fantail Sole?
$14.95 SNAPSIGHTS camera, housing included
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Herb Gruenhagen
11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
Frame grab from video
"Male Sheephead after he "kissed" my front lens."
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Tracy Clark
11/4/2006
Point Loma
Three Fingers
Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus
Nikon D70
60mm lens
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Karla Preece
10/14/2006
Coral Sea off Eastern Australia
Osprey Reef
Diver Todd Preece and a
Manta Ray
Manta birostris
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Mark Pidcoe
11/1/2006
Oahu, Hawaii
Wreck of the YO-257
Arc-eyed Hawkfish
Paracirrhites arcatus
Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-50 strobes
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Greg Morris
11/5/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
Sea Turtle
(species?)
Click the photo to play a movie
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Previous Weeks:
October 30, 2006 (POTW #80)
October 23, 2006 (POTW #79)
October 16, 2006 (POTW #78)
October 9, 2006 (POTW #77)
October 2, 2006 (POTW #76)
September 25, 2006 (POTW #75)
September 18, 2006 (POTW #74)
September 11, 2006 (POTW #73)
September 5, 2006 (POTW #72)
August 28, 2006 (POTW #71)
August 21, 2006 (POTW #70)
August 14, 2006 (POTW #69)
August 7, 2006 (POTW #68)
July 31, 2006 (POTW #67)
July 24, 2006 (POTW #66)
July 17, 2006 (POTW #65)
July 10, 2006 (POTW #64)
July 3, 2006 (POTW #63)
June 26, 2006 (POTW #62)
June 19, 2006 (POTW #61)
June 12, 2006 (POTW #60)
June 5, 2006 (POTW #59)
May 30, 2006 (POTW #58)
May 22, 2006 (POTW #57)
May 15, 2006 (POTW #56)
May 8, 2006 (POTW #55)
May 1, 2006 (POTW #54)
April 24, 2006 (POTW #53)
April 17, 2006 (POTW #52)
April 10, 2006 (POTW #51)
April 3, 2006 (POTW #50)
March 27, 2006 (POTW #49)
March 20, 2006 (POTW #48)
March 13, 2006 (POTW #47)
March 6, 2006 (POTW #46)
February 27, 2006 (POTW #45)
February 21, 2006 (POTW #44)
February 13, 2006 (POTW #43)
February 6, 2006 (POTW #42)
January 30, 2006 (POTW #41)
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)
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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)