Photos of the Week #8

June 13, 2005

Divebums Photos of the Week is not a competition. Any Southern California underwater photographer may submit one photo taken the previous week to be included in the Photos of the Week. For details or to submit a photo, please click here.

Kevin Lee

6/7/2005
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay

Lumpy Crab
Paraxanthias taylori

Olympus C-5060, with dual YS-90DX

Jim Lyle

6/12/2005
Catalina Island
Italian Gardens

Octopus, probably

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus

Oly c5050, f8, 1/250

Renee Gallo

6/12/2005
Catalina Island
Isthmus Reef

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Olympus C-5060
PT-020 housing
F -4.0
Exp 1/60

Terry Strait

6/11/2005
Laguna Beach
Heisler Park Tidepools

Striped Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes

"Underwater vis was bad so I took some tide pool pictures of these lovely little crabs."

Rick Colman

6/9/2005
Catalina Island
Ship Rock

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Todd Warshaw

6/7/2005
Scripps Canyon

Dock Shrimp or
Coonstripe Shrimp
Pandalus gurneyi

Dan Scanderbeg

6/12/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon A95 with Canon housing and internal strobe
f 2.8
1/60

Steve Murvine

6/12/2005
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Tritonia festiva

3.2 mega pixs olympus

Debbie Karimoto

6/9/2005
Catalina Island

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

f5.6
1/60
100 ISO

Margaret Webb

6/12/2005
Catalina Island
Italian Gardens

Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis

Very small. Less than a 1/2 inch! Stacked Inon macro lenses.

Donna Shelley

6/11/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Octopus, probably

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus

Oly C-5050
No strobe

Previous Weeks:

June 6, 2005

May 31, 2005

May 23, 2005

May 16, 2005

May 9, 2005

May 2, 2005

April 25, 2005