Photos of the Week #9

June 20, 2005

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Martha Edge

6/18/2005
San Clemente Island
Golden Bluffs

Spanish Shawl and eggs
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus 5050
Internal Strobe

Dave Beadle

6/16/2005
La Jolla Canyon
North Wall

Cooper's Nutmeg
Cancellaria cooperi

Olympus C730
Ikelite housing
DS50 strobe
F5.6
1/100

Donna Shelley

6/18/2005
San Clemente Island
Hole in the Wall

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus C-5050
No strobe

Rick Anderson

6/17/2005
La Jolla Shores
160' in the canyon

Longspine Combfish
Zaniolepis latipinnis

Terry Strait

6/18/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
HMCS Yukon

Black Sea Nettle
Chrysaora achlyos

"There were at least ten of these long, beautiful jellies on the wreck."

Debbie Karimoto

6/20/2005
Newport Harbor

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Moon Jelly
Aurelia aurita

Anemone eating a Moon Jelly

f/5.0, 1/100 sec, ISO 100, 11.9 mm focal length

Richard Girouard

6/19/2005
Point Loma Kelp

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus sternsi

Sony Cybershot DSC-T1
Sony housing

Jim Lyle

6/19/2005
Redondo Beach
Wreck of the Palawan

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Oly c5050
dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Settings: ISO 64, f3.6, 1/60

Kevin Lee

6/15/2005
Catalina Island
Near West Point

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Oly C-5060
YS-90DX strobes

Rick Ramsey

6/18/2005
Catalina Island
Casino Point

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Margaret Webb

6/19/2005
Redondo Beach
Wreck of the Palawan

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Jim Lyle
Homo sapiens

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes

Steve Murvine

6/19/2005
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus 3.2 megapixel

Dan Scanderbeg

6/20/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii

Canon A95
Canon housing
Internal strobe

Previous Weeks:

June 13, 2005

June 6, 2005

May 31, 2005

May 23, 2005

May 16, 2005

May 9, 2005

May 2, 2005

April 25, 2005