Photos of the Week #109
May 21, 2007
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Dori Dirig
5/20/2007 Point Loma
Three Fingers
Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus
Bat Stars
Asterina miniata
Olympus C5000
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe (TTL)
David Dirig
5/20/2007 Point Loma
Three Fingers
Kellet's Whelk laying eggs
Kelletia kelletii
Olympus C8080wz
Ikelite housing
DS125+DS50 strobes (TTL)
Robert Stockfleth
First submission to POTW!
5/15/2007
La Jolla Shores
Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus
Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica
Canon A710 IS
Internal Flash
Kevin Lee
5/19/2007
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS110 strobes
Volker Kilian
5/20/2007
La Jolla Shores
Octopus
Octopus sp.
Olympus C-7000
Internal flash
Jimmy Yuan
5/15/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Juvenile Octopus (thumbnail size)
Octopus sp.
Canon Powershot A620
Kim Mitchell
5/18/2007 La Jolla Shores SW of the Main Point
A big Octopus
Octopus sp.
Canon S410 Powershot
Margaret Webb
5/20/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Black Perch
Embiotoca jacksoni
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Two DS125 strobes
14-54mm lens
f/8, 1/60
Tracy Clark
5/19/2007 Point Loma
Hilton's Aeolid
Phidiana hiltoni
Nikon D70s
60mm lens
Mark Pidcoe
5/19/2007
La Jolla Shores
Main Point
San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis
Sony DSC-F828
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite DS-50 w/ manual EV Controller
Mike Bartick
5/18/2007 Redondo Beach
Veterans Park
Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata
Canon 400D/XTI
Ikelite Housing
2 Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens
Scott Gietler
5/19/2007
Malibu
Point Dume Pinnacles
At least eight
Tube-dwelling Anemones
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
and a Giant Spined Star, Bat Stars, and a California Golden Gorgonian...
Nikon D80
Dual YS-90DX strobes
10.5mm fisheye lens
Roger Uzun
5/20/2007 Santa Cruz Island
90'
Sunflower Stars
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Sony HC7 Camcorder
Ocean-Images Housing with Wide Angle port.
Using existing light
Steve Gardner
5/19/2007
La Jolla Shores
Speckled Sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus
Olympus c5050z
Ikelite housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro Mode
Jim Lyle
5/20/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens
Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis
Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes Zuiko 14-54mm lens at 35mm f/10, 1/160, ISO 200
Steve Murvine
5/16/2007
Point Loma
Stripefin Ronquil
Rathbunella hypoplecta
Canon SD750
Canon housing
Robert Todd
5/14/2007 La Jolla Shores
Main Point
Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii
Canon 400D
Ikelite Housing
Dual DS-125 on TTL
Sigma 17-70 at 70mm
f/9, 1/160, ISO 200
Roger Carlson
5/20/2007
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus
Olympus 5050
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes and EV controllers
Herb Gruenhagen
5/13/2007 La Jolla Shores
North Wall
Juvenile Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
Nikon N8008s
Tussey housing
YS-30 Sea&Sea Strobe
Film: E100VS
Dan Schooler
5/15/2007 Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch
Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Olympus Stylus 600
Terry Strait
5/19/2007
Point Loma
Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis
Olympus 8080
DS125 and DS 50 Strobes
f/2.5, 1/40
Sue Griffith
4/27-4/30/2007
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait
Pfeiffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish eggs and newly-hatched cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi
Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti
Stargazer
Uranoscopus sp.
Juvenile Batavia Spadefish
Platax batavianus
Canon EOS 5D
Nexus 5D housing
Two Inon Z-240 strobes
Sigma 150 mm supermacro lens
Previous Weeks:
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)