8/14/2008
Rancho Palos Verdes
Old Marineland
17 feet

An albino Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus Stylus 760
No flash
Macro Mode

8/20/2008
La Jolla Shores

Diver Janet Pinterits in the

Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Nikon D40x

[Note that with this squid run I am finally changing the scientific name used here from Loligo opalescens to Doryteuthis (Amerigo) opalescens.]

8/23/2008
Encinitas
Beacon's Beach

Salema
Xenistius californiensis

Olympus C770
Olympus housing

8/23/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Peltodoris nobilis

Sea Life DC800

8/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL)
60mm macro lens

8/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 (TTL)
60mm macro lens

8/24/2008
Point Loma
95 feet

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS51 TTL strobe

8/23/2008
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora
Eagle Rock

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

8/24/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Canon A570
Internal flash

8/24/2008
Point Loma
Wreck of the Lazy Days
80 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Olympus c5050z
Single strobe

8/18/2008
Cozumel, Mexico

Goldspot Goby
Gnatholepis thompsoni

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
50mm lens with a 1.4 teleconverter
f/14, 1/160, ISO 100

8/2/2008
Cozumel, Mexico
Palancar Reef

Queen Angelfish
Holacanthus ciliaris

Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophyrys triqueter

Olympus C5050
Inon strobe

8/24/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
45 feet

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

8/12/2008
Ni'ihau, Hawaii
near Lehau Rock
40 feet

Dwarf Moray
Gymonothorax melatremus

Olympus SP350
Sea & Sea YS15 strobe

8/24/2008
Laguna Beach
Emerald Bay

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Nikon Coolpix L4

8/24/2008
Florida Keys
The Dolphin

Goldentail Moray
Gymnothorax miliaris

Canon Powershot A620

8/23/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park
50 feet

Diver Heather Berryhill finishing her Advanced Open Water class

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Olympus D-580
Olympus housing
YS-60 strobe
Sea & Sea wide conversion lens

8/23/2008
Point Loma
Wreck of the Lazy Days

Tritonia festiva

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

8/19/2008
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Fujifilm f40fd

8/20/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Amphipod
Unidentified

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes

8/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Is this some kind of squid?

Canon Powershot S410

8/24/2008
Los Coronados
80 feet

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Canon G9
Internal flash

8/20/2008
Imperial Beach
40 feet

Sea urchins eating kelp

Red Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus E-410

8/21/2008
La Jolla Shores
80 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sony T30
Sony housing
Internal flash

8/20/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Mated Painted Greenlings
Oxylebius pictus

Olympus SP310
Internal Flash

8/22/2008
La Jolla Shores

Shovelnose Guitarfish
Rhinobatos productus

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

8/23/2008
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

Diver Calvin Penfound and

White-plumed Anemones
Metridium farcimen

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes
Sigma 15mm fisheye lens

8/23/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Polycera atra

Sea & Sea 750G
Single YS-27DX strobe