8/15/2008
Hawaii
Kona
35 feet

Diver Ace Parnell working in a Gorski helmet

Olympus SP-350
Ambient light
Inon 165 fisheye lense

8/15–8/17/2008
Guadalupe Island, Mexico

White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

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8/17/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Sunlight through the Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Canon A620

8/6/2008
North of Scripps Pier
15 feet

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sea & Sea DX-1G

8/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
North of the Main Wall
45 feet

Cumanotus sp. 1

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/200

8/16/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Camera Sony DSC-P150
Sony Marine Housing
Pixma Slave Flash

8/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
Above the Main Wall
30 feet

Speckled Sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus

with juvenile Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

8/17/2008
La Jolla Shores

Austraeolis stearnsi

Canon G9

8/14/2008
Offshore San Diego
Just outside Nine Mile Bank

Juvenile Dorado
Coryphaena hippurus

Canon a620
Ikelite housing
Shutter speed priority mode 1/250 at 400 ISO

8/17/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or
Octopus bimaculoides

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Nikon D40x
Single DS125 strobe
18-55mm lens set at 18mm

8/11/2008
Bonaire
Buddy Dives' house reef

Queen Parrotfish
Scarus vetula

Canon A620
Sea & Sea YS27
f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 100

8/16/2008
La Jolla Shores

Spotted Sand Bass
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

8/16/2008
Newport Beach
Crystal Cove
20 feet

An isopod
Idotea sp.

Canon Powershot Pro1
Ikelite Housing
Sea & Sea YS-90 Auto Duo Strobe

8/16/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Amphipods cover a yellow sponge (with worm)
Unidentified

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
60mm macro lens
Macro Mate diopter

8/18/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Tylodina fungina

Nikon D300
YS110 strobe and YS90 strobe
60mm macro lens

8/15/2008
Los Coronados
80 feet

White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Olympus C-7000
Internal flash

8/9/2008
Santa Barbara Island
70 feet

Doris montereyensis

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Olympus E-330
Olympus housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe
7-14mm lens

8/15/2008
Catalina Island
Little Geiger Cove
45 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus D-580
Single YS-60 strobe

8/17/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Powershot A620

8/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Cumanotus sp. 1 on a hydroid

Canon Powershot S410

8/16/2008
Shanghai, China
Shanghai Aquarium

Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicus

Nikon D70
SB600 strobe
60mm macro lens
f/14, 1/50, ISO 640

"Here is a shot taken while I am on one of my Asian customer tours. The fish is underwater, my camera was not. Given how much time I have spent underwater trying to get the shy yellow boxfish to look at me and not swim away, this is probably the best I will get of them."

8/17/2008
La Jolla Shores

Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Casio Exilim EX-z55
EWC-55 housing
sl960d strobe

8/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
at the surface

Purple-striped Jelly
Chrysaora colorata

Sealife DC600

8/14/2008
Redondo Canyon
65 feet

Acanthodoris brunnea

Nikon D20
Dual YS-110 strobes

8/16/2008
Anacapa Island
Arch Rock

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

and mostly Opaleye
Girella nigricans

Sea Life DC800
Natural Light

8/17/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Olympus Stylus 710
Internal flash & Light Cannon

8/17/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
65 feet

Snubnose Sculpin
Orthonopias triacis

Olympus C5050z
Single strobe