Photos of the Week #64

July 10, 2006

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Kelsey McCarthy

7/6/2006
Maui, Hawaii

Photo taken on Kelsey's first dive as a certified diver; first underwater photo.

White-mouth Moray
Gymnothorax meleagris

Canon SD500
Canon Housing

Garry McCarthy

7/6/2006
Maui, Hawaii

Frogfish
Which species?

Canon SD500
Canon Housing

David Dirig

7/4/2006
La Jolla
God's Rock

Smoothhead Sculpin
Artedius lateralis

Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe
f/8, 1/100

Dori Dirig

7/4/2006
La Jolla
God's Rock

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe
f/5.6, 1/100

Rick Ramsey

7/7/2006
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Parchment Tube Worm tube
Chaetopterus variopedatus

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash

Donna Ramsey

7/4/2006
Point Loma
Cabo Reef

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash

John Hyde

7/4/2006
San Diego
A few feet above the high tide line

Sea Bird Chicks

California Least Tern
Sterna antillarum browni

Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger

Western Snowy Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus

Nikon D70s

Terry Strait

7/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Gould's Bubble Snail
Bulla gouldiana

Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite DS125 strobe with TTL Sync
f/8, 1/800

Jim Lyle

7/4/2006
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Two Simnia
Delonolvolva aequalis

Red Gorgonian
Lophorgorgia chilensis

Many Skeleton Shrimp
(hard to see at this size)
Caprella sp.

Olympus c5050
PT-015 housing
Dual Ike DS-125 strobes
Stacked macro lens adapters
f/8, 1/250

Steve Briggs

7/9/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Canon A95
Canon housing

Mike Bartick

7/7/2006
Anacapa Island

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
1 ds 125 strobe
60 mm macro lens

Dallas Poore

7/8/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite DS-125 strobe
20 mm lens

Peter McGuinness

7/4/2006
La Jolla Cove

Hopkin's Rose
Okenia rosacea

Canon a75
Internal strobe

Tracy Clark

7/8/2006
Offshore San Diego

Shortfin Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus

Nikon D70
14mm lens

Robert Todd

7/3/2006
Cape Lookout Shoals, NC
Hardie's Reef

Diver Kate Caldwell in front of Hardie's Reef

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite Housing
Inon UWL-100 Lens
Natural Light
f/2.8, 1/40, ISO 100

Roger Carlson

7/3/2006
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
Ship Rock

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dallie

Olympus C5050Z

Barbara Lloyd

7/8/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Divers Mike Bear and Jackie Patay

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting

Jeff Polton

7/7/2006
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Anemone
Urticina sp.

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Canon PowerShot S1
Canon housing
Internal flash and hand flash light
f/2.8, 1/60

Margaret Webb

7/9/2006
Palos Verdes
Buchannan's Reef

Shrimp, probably
Heptacarpus sp.

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite DS 125 strobes
Inon macro lens
f/8, 1/650

Todd Warshaw

7/9/2006
St. George Island, Alaska

Northern Fur Seals
Callorhinus ursinus

Canon EOS 1D MkII

Kevin Lee

7/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Sculpin
Unidentified

Olympus C-5060
YS-90DX strobes

Previous Weeks:

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)

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)