Photos of the Week #115

July 2, 2007

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Lee Duckwall
Guest Submission from Santa Cruz
First submission to POTW!

6/28/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Sealife DC500

Hayley Berryhill
15-year-old daughter of contributor Stuart Berryhill
First submission to POTW!

6/29/2007
Catalina Island
Blue Cavern

School of Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Olympus D-580
Olympus housing

Daniel Pearlman
First submission to POTW!

6/30/2007
Mission Bay Jetty

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus Stylus 410
Olympus housing

Roger Carlson

7/1/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge

Diver Jim Lyle

Olympus E330
Ikelite DS125 Strobes
7-14mm lens

Jim Lyle

6/30/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Diver Roger Carlson

Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 7-14mm lens at 7mm
f/7.1, 1/30, ISO 400

Kevin Lee

7/1/2007
Catalina Channel
Oil Flatform Ellie

Diver Mike Bartick (with Linda Blanchard in the background)

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
16mm lens

Mike Bartick

6/29/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Canon XTi
Ikelite Housing
Dual YS 125 strobes
Fantasea 44 fill light
60mm lens

Mark Pidcoe

6/30/2007
Mission Bay
Mariner's Point

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Single DS-50 Strobe with Manual EV Controller

Jen Tople

7/1/2007
La Jolla Shores
South Wall

Hedgpeth's Dorid
Polycera hedgpethi

The round thing the Polycera is on is perhaps a species of the bryozoan Membranopora

Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe

Todd Warshaw

7/3/2007
Jupiter, Florida
Area 51

Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta

Canon 1d Mark II
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes

Randy Lester

6/29/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D70
Dual DS125 strobes
105mm macro lens

Jimmy Yuan

7/1/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata

Canon Powershot A620

Robert Todd

6/30/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Piedra Blanca

Giant Green Anemone
Anthopleura xanthogrammica

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125 strobes on TTL
Sigma 17-70mm at 70 mm
f/9.0, 1/125, ISO 200

Kim Mitchell

6/30/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Giant Acorn Barnacle
Balanus nubilus

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Canon Powershot S410

Terry Strait

6/30/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Rainbow Dendonotus
Dendronotus iris

on its food source:
Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Lisa Munger

6/30/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Eagle Rock

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

next to a:
Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite housing
Built-in flash

Margaret Webb

7/1/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
Sigma 105mm lens

Mya Breitbart
Guest contributor from The University of South Florida, College of Marine Science — formerly a graduate student at SDSU

7/3/2007
Bermuda
Tobacco Bay

Blenny
Acanthemblemaria sp??
(can anyone ID this blenny?)

Nikon Coolpix 5200

Roger Uzun

7/1/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Second White Rock

Rainbow Star
Orthasterias koehleri

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Red Sea Urchin
Stronglocentrotus franciscanus

Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing
Pro Watt Scuba 2x50W Video Lights

Steve Gardner

7/1/2007
La Jolla Shores

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Olympus c5050z
Single Ikelite DS50 Strobe
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode

Matt Melidonian

6/23/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Sealife ReefMaster 35mm
Reef Master/External Flash

Kyle Kenehan

6/27/2007
Point Loma Kelp

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Nikon D70s
Single Ikelite DS125 Substrobe
60mm macro lens

Dave Rudie

7/1/2007
Point Loma Kelp

Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata

Olympus sp-320
Natural light near the surface

Dallas Poore

7/1/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon 350D
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
60mm lens
f/2.8

Stan House

6/28/2007
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranchs, feeding
Melibe leonina

1:22-minute video clip
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Previous Weeks:

June 25, 2007 (POTW #114)

June 18, 2007 (POTW #113)

June 11, 2007 (POTW #112)

June 4, 2007 (POTW #111)

May 29, 2007 (POTW #110)

May 21, 2007 (POTW #109)

May 14, 2007 (POTW #108)

May 7, 2007 (POTW #107)

April 30, 2007 (POTW #106)

April 23, 2007 (POTW #105)

April 16, 2007 (POTW #104)

April 9, 2007 (POTW #103)

April 2, 2007 (POTW #102)

March 26, 2007 (POTW #101)

March 19, 2007 (POTW #100)

March 12, 2007 (POTW #99)

March 5, 2007 (POTW #98)

February 26, 2007 (POTW #97)

February 19, 2007 (POTW #96)

February 12, 2007 (POTW #95)

February 5, 2007 (POTW #94)

January 29, 2007 (POTW #93)

January 22, 2007 (POTW #92)

January 16, 2007 (POTW #91)

January 8, 2007 (POTW #90)

January 2, 2007 (POTW #89)

December 26, 2006 (POTW #88)

December 18, 2006 (POTW #87)

December 11, 2006 (POTW #86)

December 4, 2006 (POTW #85)

November 27, 2006 (POTW #84)

November 20, 2006 (POTW #83)

November 13, 2006 (POTW #82)

November 6, 2006 (POTW #81)

October 30, 2006 (POTW #80)

October 23, 2006 (POTW #79)

October 16, 2006 (POTW #78)

October 9, 2006 (POTW #77)

October 2, 2006 (POTW #76)

September 25, 2006 (POTW #75)

September 18, 2006 (POTW #74)

September 11, 2006 (POTW #73)

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)