Photos of the Week #58

May 30, 2006

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Sharon Seto Wong

5/22/2006
Bonaire

Spinyhead Blenny
Acanthemblemaria spinosa

Canon SD700 IS
Canon Housing
Digital Macro

Janell LaPorte

5/22/2006
Curacao
Klein Knip

Very small juvenile Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter

Nikon Coolpix 4600
Nikon WP-3 housing
Internal Flash

Tom Byrnes

5/20/2006
Santa Barbara Island
Webster's

Where's the Octopus?

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus SP350
Internal flash

Richard Girouard

5/28/2006
Santa Cruz Island

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
DS-125 & DS-50 strobes

Donna Ramsey

5/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Noble Dorid
Peltodoris nobilis

Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/flash

Jim Lyle

5/28/2006
San Pedro
Cabrillo Boat Launch

Photo taken from the surface

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Olympus C5050
f/4, 1/100

Margaret Webb

5/28/2006
San Pedro
Cabrillo Boat Launch

Photo taken from the surface

Shrimp
Heptacarpus sp.

Olympus Stylus 800
without a housing

Dallas Poore

5/27/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Ochre Star
Pisaster ochraceus

Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite DS-125 strobe
60mm lens

Steve Murvine

5/27/2006
Santa Cruz Island

Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Lots of Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Sony DSC W-7

Phil Garner

5/29/2006
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Marineland

Probably a
Yellow Snake Eel
Ophichthus zophochir

Renee Gallo

5/28/2006
Catalina Island
Emerald Cove

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus C-5060

Tracy Clark

5/29/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva

The small hitchhiker is a
Juvenile Scaleworm
Family Polynoidae

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Terry Strait

5/28/2006
Catalina Island
Emerald Cove

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite Housing
Single DS125 strobe in TTL mode
f/3.2, 1/50, ISO 50

Scott McGee

5/29/2006
Laguna Beach
Heisler Park

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon Powershort A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser

Barbara Lloyd

5/29/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E.

Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.5, 1/30, ISO 100
Macro (35.6 mm)

Steve Briggs

5/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Canon A95
Canon housing

Robert Todd

5/28/2006
Baja California, Mexico
Parque Nacional Sierra San Pedro Martir

Picacho del Diablo, ~3000 meters ABOVE sea level, highest point in Baja.

Visibility: Sea of Cortez to the edge of the marine layer along the Pacific.

Temp: about the same as diving, just a little less oxygen.

Dan Scanderbeg

5/29/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Festive Tritonid
Tritonia festiva

Canon A95
Canon housing

Richard Anderson

5/27/2006
La Jolla Shores
Below Secret Garden
140'

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Sony TRV 950

Kevin Lee

5/28/2006
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef

Chestnut Cowry laying eggs
Cypraea spadicea

Olympus C-5060
YS-90DX strobes

Mike Bartick

5/24/2006
Laguna Beach
Diver's Cove

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

Canon Digital Rebel XT
Ikelite housing
15 mm wide angle lens
Ambient lighting

Previous Weeks:

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)