Photos of the Week #136

November 26, 2007

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Mike McCanna
First submission to POTW!

11/25/2007
La Jolla Cove
Rockpile

Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Nikon P5000
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
Rob Johnson

11/24/2007
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

Tambja abdere

Olympus c5050z
Steve Gardner

11/22/2007
La Jolla Shores

Many Lion Nudibranchs
Melibe leonina

Olympus c5050z
Single strobe
Randy Sysol

11/23/2007
Catalina Island
Sea Fan Grotto

Kelp scene with blacksmith and senoritas

Nikon D80
Chris Nelson

11/24/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Ambient light
Laura Coburn

11/25/2007
La Jolla Shores

Chestnut Cowry with mantle showing
Cypraea spadicea

Canon SD700IS
Terry Strait

11/25/2007
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing with 6" dome
DS125 and DS50 strobes
Richard Alvarado

11/23/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Diver on wrecked boat

Canon EOS 20D
Ikelite DS-125 Strobe
f/5.0, 1/250
Herb Gruenhagen

11/23/2007
La Jolla Shores

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Frame grab from video
Sony VX1000
Walt Conklin

11/23/2007
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sea & Sea DX-8000G
YS-25 flash
Clifford Beshers

11/24/2007
Point Loma
Cabrillo National Monument
Tidepools

Green Anemone
Anthopleura sola

Canon Powershot A630
Pete Hergesheimer

11/23/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

Jelly
Aurelia labiata

Canon PowerShot SD700is
with flash diffuser
Tony So

11/24/2007
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon SD700
Internal flash
Tracy Clark

11/23/2007
Offshore San Diego

Jelly
Unidentified

Nikon D70s
28-70mm lens
Mike Bartick

11/24/2007
Anacapa Island
Underwater Island

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon D80
Dual Ikelite DS125's
60mm lens
Barbara Lloyd

11/23/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Frame grab from video
Sony HDV HVR-V1
Jim Lyle

11/25/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon

Shrimp
Heptacarpus stylus

Olympus E-330
Don Bloch

11/14/2007
Roatan, Honduras
Fantasy Island Resort

Long-snout Seahorse
Hippocampus reidi

Canon PowerShot A95
Dave Rudie

11/25/2007
Point Loma
35 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Olympus SP-320
Internal flash
Scott Gietler

11/21/2007
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

Nikon D80
Dual YS-110 strobes
17mm lens
Jen Tople

11/21/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

Nikon D70s
Ikelike DS-50 strobe
60mm lens
Roger Uzun

11/24/2007
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles

Sea Urchin
Astropyga pulvinata

Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder
Pro Watt Scuba video light
Mark Davis

11/24/2007
Laguna Beach
Emerald Bay

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon Coolpix L4
Fantasea FL-4 housing
Vollie Williams

11/25/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

Cumanotus sp.

Olympus SP-350
UK D8 lighting
f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100
Mark Pidcoe

11/24/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

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

11/25/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
Canyon

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe
Kim Mitchell

11/23/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Keyhole

Divers and California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon S410 Powershot
Matt Gieselman

11/23/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room

A male Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Canon 40D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
Canon EF-S 60mm
Steve Murvine

11/25/2007
Point Loma

Doriopsilla albopunctata on a gray sponge

Canon SD-750
Kevin Lee

11/23/2007
Offshore San Diego

Many pelagic invertebrates

Nikon D80
Dual YS-110 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens

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