Photos of the Week #20

September 6, 2005

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John Mosier

8/31/2005
La Jolla
Children's Pool

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Harbor seal bitten twice by a large presumably-white shark.

Matt Gieselman

8/27/2005
Santa Barbara Island

Octopus eye

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Laurel Valker

9/4/2005
Santa Cruz Island

Gopher Rockfsh
Sebastes carnatus

Olympus c5050

Terry Strait

9/3/2005
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack

Channeled Sea Star
Tethyaster canaliculatus

Olympus C4040
single DS5O strobe slaved to internal flash
Manual focus
f4.5, 1/50th, ISO 100

Peter McGuinness

9/5/2005
La Jolla Cove
30'

Scaleside Piddock siphons
Parapholas californica

Canon a7
Internal strobe plus Epoque external strobe
Auto setting

Margaret Webb

9/5/2005
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Steve Gardner

9/3/2005
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Carpenter's Turrid
Megasurcula carpenteriana

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

Debbie Karimoto

9/3/2005
Catalina Island
Eel Cove

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

in Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.

Olympus C5050Z
Inon D180 Strobe
f5.6, 1/100, ISO 100

Tom Byrnes

8/27/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
HMCS Yukon

Plumose Sea Anemone
Metridium senile

Motomarine II
ASA400 print film

Randy Sysol

9/3/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

California Halibut
Paralichthys califoricus

Olympus C-5050
Internal strobe

Richard Girouard

9/3/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

California Berthella
Berthella californica

Sony Cyberchot DSC-T1

Johan Cronje

9/3/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Tube Snout
Aulorhynchus flavidus

Canon S45
WP-DC300 housing
Internal flash

Mark Pidcoe

9/2/2005
Mission Bay Channel

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Sony P150
MPK-PHB Housing
Epoch 150DS Slave Strobe

Jim Lyle

9/1/2005
Anacapa Island
Cathedral Cove

Serpulid Worm
Serpula columbiana

Olympus 5050
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Stacked macro lens adapters,
f8.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 64

Todd Warshaw

8/30/2005
La Jolla Cove

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Aaron Simmons

9/4/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Dean Uyeda

9/3/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Rick Ramsey

9/2/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Hilton's Aeolid
Phidiana hiltoni

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/flash

Kevin Lee

9/1/2005
Catalina Island
Italian Gardens

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

with many parasites!

Oly C-5060
FL-20 and YS-15 slave strobes

Dan Zoglio

8/5/2005
La Jolla Shores

Slug, probably

California Sea Slug
Pleurobranchaea californica

Small crab

Pixtreme camera

Kristen Briggs

9/2/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Canon A95
Canon housing

Aimee Pfister

9/4/2005
Santa Cruz Island

White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Garry McCarthy

8/30/2005
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Roughback Sculpin
Chitonotus pugetensis

Nikon 8008s
Subal housing
Kodak E100VS
Dual Strobes
Nikor 60mm micro lens
Image cropped

This is a breeding male (red/orange patches on eyes)

Previous Weeks:

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