Photos of the Week #116
July 9, 2007
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Randy Sysol
7/8/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
Garibaldi caught in a gill net
Hypsypops rubicundus
Nikon D80
Steve Gardner
7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores
California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica
Olympus c5050z
Two strobes
Terry Strait
7/7/2007 Point Loma Kelp
Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae
Olympus 8080
Single DS125 strobe set at half power
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50
Bill Reals
7/1/2007
Tulum, Mexico
Cenote Jailhouse
Diver Bil Philips swimming through the cenote
Canon 20D
Ikelite Housing
Dual 125 strobe
Jen Tople
7/5/2007
Seattle, Washington
Alki Beach
Cove Two
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica
Being eaten by
White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen
Olympus C-5050
DS50 Strobe
Mark Pidcoe
7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
77 feet
White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata
Also: Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata
Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 w/ manual EV Controller
Jim Lyle
7/8/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/10, 1/100, ISO 200
Todd Warshaw
7/4/2007
Jupiter, Florida
Reef Butterflyfish
Cheatodon sedentarius
Canon 1d Mark II
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Dori Dirig
7/8/2007
La Jolla Shores Main Wall
Rainbow Dendonotus
Dendronotus iris
Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe (TTL)
David Dirig
7/6/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
Probably a Pacific Halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS125/DS50 strobes (TTL)
Margaret Webb
7/8/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Diver Jim Lyle and a
Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
Olympus E-330
Dual DS 125 strobes
Zuiko 7-14 mm lens
Rob Johnson
7/5/2007
Above Scripps Canyon
Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata
Olympus C-5050z
Kim Mitchell
7/6/2007
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus
Canon Powershot S410
Tracy Clark
7/7/2007
La Jolla Shores
Hornyhead Turbots
Pleuronichthys verticalis
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Herb Gruenhagen
7/4/2007
La Jolla Shores
Way North Wall
Rainbow Dendonotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris
Nikon N8008s
60mm lens
Film: E100VS
Kevin Lee
7/8/2007
Anacapa Island
Kelpfish
Gibbonsia sp.
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
Roger Uzun
7/8/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
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July 2, 2007 (POTW #115)
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)
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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)
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