Photos of the Week #50

April 3, 2006

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Tracy Clark

4/1/2006
La Jolla Shores

Bay Ghost Shrimp
Neotrypaea californiensis

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Roger Carlson

4/1/2006
Farnsworth Banks

A ghost net damaging the reef

Also Purple (California) Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Olympus C5050Z

Donna Ramsey

3/31/2006
Scripps Canyon

Spanish Shawl laying eggs
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/flash

Rick Alvarado

3/29/2006
La Jolla Shores

Tail of a Thresher Shark skeleton
Alopias vulpinus

Ricoh Caplio G3 model S

Terry Strait

3/28/2006
La Jolla Shores

Very small Octopus, probably
Octopus rubescens

Olympus 8080wz
DS125 and DS50 strobe
f/5.6, 1/200

Mark Pidcoe

4/1/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Sony DSC-P150
Sony 30m housing
Internal strobe

Dan Scanderbeg

3/30/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

A large Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Canon A95
Canon housing
f/2.8, 1/159

Rick Anderson

4/1/2006
La Jolla Shores

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Frame grab from Sony TRV950

Dallas Poore

4/1/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Olympus Stylus 500
No strobe
Macro mode

Herb Gruenhagen

3/25/2006
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Nikon N8008s
E100VS film
f/11

Phil Garner

4/1/2006
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Digimax V5 / Kenox V5

Kevin Lee

3/31/2006
Point Loma Kelp

White-spotted Porostome
Doriopsilla albopunctata

On an Orange Puffball Sponge
Tethya aurantia

Olympus C5060
YS-90DX strobe

Barbara Lloyd

3/31/2006
La Jolla Shores

Thornback Ray
Platyrhinoidis triseriata

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID Lighting
f/6.3, 1/30, ISO 100

Pete Hergesheimer

4/2/2006
La Jolla Shores

Diver and a

Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis

Canon Powershot SD500
with a flash diffuser

David LaLonde

4/1/2006
Catalina Island
just below Lion's Head
45'

Diver Tony Navarro in the kelp

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus D40
No flash

Rob Johnson

3/31/2006
11:07 PM
Camp Pendleton

California Grunion
Leuresthes tenuis

Canon 3.2 MP SD 110

Previous Weeks:

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)

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)