Photos of the Week #32

November 28, 2005

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Dallas Poore

11/25/2005
Oahu, Hawaii
Magic Island

Flying Gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Sealife Reefmaster DC310
No strobe (with the help of a flashlight)

Tyler Stalter

11/20/2005
Torrey Pines
P-38 Wreck

50-cal Machine Gun and magazines

Michael Strickland

11/20/2005
Haymarket, Virginia
Millbrook Quarry

School Bus
Transportus educativus

Canon PowerShot A95
Canon housing

Brian Anderson

11/23/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Anemone
Anthopleura sp.

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Canon Powershot S60
No flash
f2.8, 1/250, ISO 400, macro mode

Scott Gietler

11/25/2005
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
White Rock
40'

White-spotted Porostome
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Fuju F10 camera
Internal strobe

Two D. albopunctata, just finished mating and one now laying eggs

Tracy Clark

11/24/2005
La Jolla Shores

An adult alpha male Isopod
Paracerceis sp., probably Paracerceis cordata

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Dan Scanderbeg

11/21/2005
La Jolla Shores

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Canon A95
Canon housing

Mike Bartick

11/23/2005
Anacapa Island
Underwater Island

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Rick Ramsey

11/25/2005
La Jolla Shores

Crab, perhaps
Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilla

Olympus Stylus 300
PT-016 Housing
Macro with flash

Steve Gardner

11/24/2005
La Jolla Shores

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite Housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100, Supermacro

Renee Gallo

11/25/2005
Catalina Island
Eagle Reef

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus C5060

Kevin Lee

11/23/2005
Catalina Island
Eagle Rock

Juvenile Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata

Olympus C-5060
Dual 90DX strobes

Stephanie Truhlar

11/22/2005
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Canon A520
Internal flash and a diffuser

Steve Briggs

11/25/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Canon A95
Canon housing

Nathan Fanara

11/24/2005
Scripps Canyon
175'

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Sealife DC-310
External Strobes with diffusers
Wide Angle Lens

Steve Murvine

11/25/2005
Point Loma Kelp

Tritonia festiva

on Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Previous Weeks:

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)