Photos of the Week #108
May 14, 2007
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Lonnie Sharp
5/10/2007
Catalina Island
Showing smoke from the fire on Catalina Island
Russ Wells
5/12/2007
Anacapa Island
A Kelpfish, probably
Crevice Kelpfish
Gibbonsia montereyensis
Canon A620
Sea & Sea YS27DX
f/4.5, 1/1250
Steve Briggs
5/9/2007
La Jolla Shores
Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii
Canon A95
Canon housing
This snail was larger than a football!
Kim Mitchell
5/12/2007
La Jolla Shores
Octopus
Octopus sp.
Hiding in a Lewis' Moon Snail egg casing
Canon S410 Powershot
Margaret Webb
5/12/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge
Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Two DS125 strobes
14-54mm lens
Jeff Polton
5/13/2007
La Jolla
Boomer Beach
Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher
...in a lobster trap
Canon SI IS
Canon housing
Internal flash
f/2.8, 1/60
Robert Todd
5/8/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Mating Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris
Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125's on TTL
Sigma 17-70 @ 70mm
f/22, 1/80, ISO 200
Jimmy Yuan
5/8/2007 Florida Keys
Crocker Reef
Gray Angelfish
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Canon Powershot A620
Renée Gallo
5/12/2007
Anacapa Island
Bat Ray
Myliobatus californica
Olympus 5060
Ambient light
Terry Strait
5/11/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Intermediate-age Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
Kevin Lee
5/12/2007
La Jolla Shores
California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
Dan Schooler
5/9/2007
Scripps Canyon
North Branch
Spanish Shawl and eggs
Flabellina iodinea
Olympus 5050
Internal Strobe
Roger Uzun
5/12/2007
San Clemente Island
Rock Wrasse
Halichoeres semicinctus
Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing with Wide Angle port.
Using existing light
Steve Gardner
5/12/2007
Point Loma
Dragon Head
Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis
Red Dorid
Rostanga pulchra
Olympus c5050z
Ikelite housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
Inon Macro 165 lens
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode
Jim Lyle
5/12/2007
Redondo Beach
Artificial Fishing Reef
The Barge
Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 14-54mm lens at 54mm
f/18, 1/160, ISO 200
Steve Murvine
5/12/2007
Point Loma
White Sea Cucumber
Eupentacta quinquesemita
Canon SD750
Canon housing
Macro mode w/ camera flash
Volker Kilian
5/12/2007
Point Loma
Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea
Olympus C-7000
Internal flash
Roland Fields
5/12/2007
La Jolla
Marine Room
California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus
Sea & Sea Motormarine II
Sub 50 TTL flash
Brenda Bridgett
5/7/2007
Key Largo, Florida
Queen Angelfish
Holacanthus ciliarus
Tracy Clark
5/12/2007 Point Loma
Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis
Proliferating Anemone
Epiactis prolifera
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
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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)
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