Photos of the Week #14

July 25, 2005

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Richard Girouard

7/23/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

50-cal rounds

Sony Cybershot DSC-T1
Internal flash

"Good buoyancy control can be pretty important!"

Dave McNair

7/22/2005
Seattle, Washington
Three Tree Point
10'

Spotted Ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei

Nikon CoolPix 4100
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

7/24/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers

Hopkin's Rose
Okenia rosacea

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Dan Scanderbeg

7/20/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Canon A95
Canon housing
f2.8, 1/60

Margaret Webb

7/24/2005
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two DS 50 strobes
Stacked Inon macro lenses
f8, 1/650

Terry Strait

7/23/2005
La Jolla Shores
30'

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus 4040z
External strobe

"Image my surprise when I dropped in right on top of this little guy!"

Ann Marie McCann

7/22/2005
San Clemente Island
The Bluff in Pyramid Cove

Salp, unidentified (??)

Olympus 5060

Donna Shelley

7/22/2005
San Clemente Island
First Boiler at Pyramid Cove

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Olympus C-5050
No strobe

Steve Gardner

7/22/2005
La Jolla Shores

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Olympus 5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS 50 Strobes
Supermacro, ISO 100, f8, 100/sec

Jim Lyle

7/24/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Buchannan's Reef

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

feeding on a hydroid

Olympus C-5050
PT-015 housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Inon macro lens adapter
f8, 1/500 sec, ISO 64

Debbie Karimoto

7/24/2005
Point Loma Kelp

Hedgehog Hydroid
Hydractinia milleri

Olympus 5050
Inon D-180 Strobe
f5.0, 1/25 sec

Todd Warshaw

7/22/2005
Torrey Pines
P-38 Wreck
Starboard engine

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Rick Ramsey

7/24/2005
Los Coronados
La Mesa

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus Stylus 300
Macro w/flash

Garry McCarthy

7/20/2005
La Jolla Shores

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

and Herb Gruenhagen

Nikon 8008s
20mm wide-angle lens and a +4 Diopter
Subal housing
Sea & Sea YS 60 and SR2000 strobes
Film: Kodak E100VS

Kevin Lee

7/24/2005
Sea of Cortez
Baja Mexico
Bahia de Los Angeles
Punta de Soledad

Slimy Slug
Tambja abdere

Oly C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Matt Gieselman

7/23/2005
San Clemente Island
Inside Boilers

Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon SD500
Internal flash

Dan Achin

7/24/2005
San Clemente Island

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Olympus c-7070
Internal strobe

Previous Weeks:

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