Photos of the Week #114

June 25, 2007

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Kevin Lee

6/24/2007
Point Loma

Toothshell Hermit Crab
Orthopagurus minimus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes

These two photos show the hermit crab and the tube it was living in.

Richard Anderson

6/23/2007
La Jolla Shores
110'

Flag Rockfish
Sebastes rubrivinctus

These fish are not normally seen within recreational diving depths.

Jen Tople

6/23/2007
La Jolla Shores
Above the North Wall in the sand

Brown Dorid
Acanthodoris brunnea

Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe

Matt Gieselman

6/23/2007
Florida Keys
Wreck of the Spiegel Grove

Yellowline Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus seticornis

Canon G7

Steve Murvine

6/22/2007
Roatan, Honduras

Queen Angelfish
Holocanthus ciliaris

Canon SD-750

Randy Lester

6/24/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Nikon D70
Dual DS 125 strobes
105mm Macro lens

Laura Coburn

6/19/2007
La Jolla Shores

Brown Shrimp
Penaeus californicus

Canon SD700 IS

Terry Strait

6/23/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Olympus 8080wz
Ikelite housing
Single DS125 strobe
f/8, 1/800
Manual focus set to 4" and then pushed in until the eye looked sharp through the viewfinder.

Steve Gardner

6/23/2007
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium senile

Olympus c5050z
One Ikelite DS 50 strobe
f/8,, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro mode

Stuart Berryhill

6/22/2007
Catalina Island
Eagle Reef

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus D-580
Olympus housing
Internal flash
Macro mode

Jimmy Yuan

6/19/2007
Scripps Canyon

Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium centriosum

Canon Powershot A620

Dan Scanderbeg

6/23/2007
Santa Barbara Island

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Canon A95
Canon housing

Herb Gruenhagen

6/24/2007
La Jolla
In front of the LJ Beach & Tennis Club
5'

Shovelnose guitarfish
Rhinobatos productus

Sony VX1000
(Frame grab from video)

Richard Alvarado

6/25/2007
La Jolla Cove

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Canon EOS 20D
Ikelite DS-125 Strobe

Mike Bartick

6/19/2007
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Garibaldi guarding an egg patch
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon 400D
Dual YS 125 strobes
Fantasea 44 fill light
15mm lens

Kim Mitchell

6/24/2007
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

on its food source

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachcerianthus fimbriatus

Canon Powershot S410

Tracy Clark

6/23/2007
La Jolla Shores

Many Rainbow Dendronotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Bernard Davis
First submission to POTW!

6/19/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

31-second video clip
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Previous Weeks:

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)