Photos of the Week #113

June 18, 2007

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Kevin Lass
First submission to POTW!

5/15/2007
Kona, Hawaii
Manta Cove

Undulated Moray Eel
Gymnothorax undulatus

Snapsights disposable film camera

Spencer Tuck

6/17/2007
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon A640
Canon housing

Randy Lester

6/12/2007
La Jolla Shores

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Nikon D70
Dual DS125 strobes
105mm Lens

Roger Uzun

6/17/2007
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

Finescale Triggerfish
Balistes polylepis

Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing with Flat Port
Using existing light

Mike Bartick

6/17/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Midshipman
Porichthys sp.

Canon 400D
Ikelite housing
Ikelite strobes and Fantasea 44 fill light
60mm macro lens

Roger Carlson

6/8/2007
Ireland
Great Blasket Island
Wreck of the Quebra, a WW I artillery transport

Judy Carlson and an artillery shell in the foreground

Olympus E-330
Olympus housing
2 Ikelite DS125 strobes and EV controllers
7-14mm lens

Neal Atkinson

6/17/2007
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Wart-neck Piddock
Chaceia ovoidea

Canon PowerShot S45
Internal Flash

Scott Gietler

6/14/2007
Malibu
Big Rock

Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes

Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni

Nikon D80
Dual Ys-90DX's
10.5mm lens

Dan Schooler

6/3/2007
Bali, Indonesia
Tulamben
Liberty Wreck

Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus

Olympus Stylus 600 (R.I.P.)

"Unfortunately I flooded my camera halfway through [my two-week trip to Bali], so I only have pictures from the first week."

Marianne Lawrence

6/11/2007
Bali, Indonesia
Padang Bai
White Sandy Beach

Two Pygmy Seahorses
Hippocampus bargibanti

Canon G7
Ikelite Housing

Dori Dirig

6/17/2007
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe

David Dirig

6/17/2007
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS125 + DS50 strobes

Kevin Lee

6/11/2007
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Eagle Reef

Fragile Tube Worms
Salmacinia tribranchiata

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes

Phil Garner

6/16/2007
San Pedro
Wreck of the Olympic II

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros montereyensis

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Fujifilm FinePix E900

Jim Lyle

6/16/2007
Long Beach
Oil Platform Eureka

Female California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens at 17mm
f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 200

Randy Sysol

6/17/2007
Off La Jolla

Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus

Nikon D80
300mm lens

"Amazing Fathers Day drift fishing in La Jolla Canyon with the kids. Blue whales were feeding all around us, they would drop down for 10 minutes and then rise again, sometimes within 100 feet of our boat. Magnificent animals! Also had a pod of Rizzos come thru and a Mola Mola visit the stern of the boat. Not a bad day"

Laura Coburn

6/17/2007
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon SD 700IS
Canon housing
Internal flash

Peter Brueggeman

6/16/2007
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Olympus 8080
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Tracy Clark

6/16/2007
Point Loma

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

Robert Todd

6/17/2007
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch
West Side

Looking up at diver Lisa Munger

Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Natural light
f/2.8, 1/30, ISO 400
Sigma 17-70mm at 17mm
color removed in post-processing

Nathan Asaro

6/17/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus Stylus 710
Sea&Sea 110 strobe

Jeff Rudie

6/11/2007
Belize
Blue Hole

Diver Dave Rudie between two stalactites at 130'

Sealife DC500
Internal flash

Dave Rudie

6/11/2007
Belize
Light House Atoll

The dive master uses rice to gather fish

Olympus C-50
Internal flash

Terry Strait

6/16/2007
Point Loma

Red Dorid
Rostanga pulchra

Olympus 8080
Single DS125 strobe on TTL
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50

Kim Mitchell

6/16/2007
La Jolla Shores

Rainbow Dendronotus and eggs
Dendronotus iris

Canon Powershot s410

Steve Gardner

6/17/2007
La Jolla Shores

California Halibut
Paralichthys californicus

Olumpus c5050z
Ikelite Housing
Two DS 50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode

Jeff Polton

6/16/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Canon S1 IS
Canon housing
Lighting: Princeton Tec Shockwave II flashlight
f/3.5, 1/60

Margaret Webb

6/16/2007
Long Beach
Oil Platform Eureka

Female California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens
f/6.3, 1/60

Rob Johnson

6/14/2007
La Jolla Shores

Bronze casting to be used in the LJ Shores The Map project

Melin Isa

6/14/2007
La Jolla Shores

Rob Johnson shows off the compass rose the LJ Shores The Map project

Previous Weeks:

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)