Photos of the Week #73

September 11, 2006

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Stuart Berryhill

8/24/2006
Anacapa Island
Cathedral Cove

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikonos V (Film)
YS-60 strobe
28mm lens on an extension tube

Dave Rudie

9/9/2006
La Jolla
Horseshoe, south of Casa

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Olympus SP-350
Internal flash

Virginia Hatter

9/9/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Cousteau Plaque

Diver Marla looking at the Jacques Cousteau plaque

$14.95 SnapShot Camera with Housing

Steve Murvine

9/10/2006
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Gorgonian coverd in

Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum

Sony DSC-w7

Volker Kilian

9/4/2006
Kauai, Hawaii
Koloa Landing

Dragon Moray
Enchelycore pardalis

Laurel Valker

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Juvenile Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Olympus C-5050
Internal flash

Tracy Clark

9/9/2006
Offshore San Diego

Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus

Nikon D70
14mm lens

Matt Gieselman

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Canon 20D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
Canon 60mm Macro

Todd Warshaw

9/8/2006
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Subal housing

Steve Briggs

9/10/2006
La Jolla Shores

Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii

on a dead Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Canon A95
Canon housing

Antonio Frias

9/6/2006
Baja California, Mexico
Los Coronados

Diver and a

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Nikon D70
Subal Housing
Double Inon 220 Strobes
12-24mm lens

Donna Ramsey

9/10/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Metridium
Metridium senile

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro w/ Flash

Michael Strickland

9/8/2006
La Jolla Cove

White Seabass
Cynoscion nobilis

Canon A95

Kevin Lee

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Cuthona divae

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Mark Pidcoe

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
82'

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Probably Chaetopterus sp.

Sony DSC-F828
Dual DS-50 strobes

Scott McGee

9/6/2006
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon Powershot A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser

Barbara Lloyd

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
Near the Main Point

Diver Mike Bear watching crab eating

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Eel Grass
Zostera marina var. latifolia

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.5, 1/80, ISO 50

Steve Gardner

9/5/2006
La Jolla Shores

Hornyhead Tubot
Pleuronichthys verticalis

Leech
Unidentified

Olympus c5050z
One Ikelite DS 50 Strobe
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode

Robert Todd

9/8/2006
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden
30'

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Olympus C4000
Ikelite Housing
DS 125 Strobe
f/3.2, 1/500, ISO 100.

Dean Uyeda

9/9/2006
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Metridium
Metridium senile

Dan Schooler

9/10/2006
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
Wreck of the Sujac

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus Stylus 600
Internal Strobe

Dan Zoglio

9/9/2006
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Olympus Stylus 410
Internal Flash

Margaret Webb

9/9/2006
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus c5050
Dual Ikelite DS 125 strobes
Wide angle lens

Jim Lyle

9/9/2006
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon

Diver Margaret Webb next to an invertebrate-covered section of wreck.

Olympus c5050
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens adapter

Roger Carlson

9/8/2006
San Miguel Island
Wilson's Rock

Great visibility at Wilson's Rock

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Olympus 5050
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes and manual EV controllers
Inon wide lens

Previous Weeks:

September 5, 2006 (POTW #72)

August 28, 2006 (POTW #71)

August 21, 2006 (POTW #70)

August 14, 2006 (POTW #69)

August 7, 2006 (POTW #68)

July 31, 2006 (POTW #67)

July 24, 2006 (POTW #66)

July 17, 2006 (POTW #65)

July 10, 2006 (POTW #64)

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)