5/18/2008
Mission Bay
South Mission Bay Jetty

Chromodoris macfarlandi

(with unusual coloration)

Canon A620
Ikelite housing
Internal strobe

5/12/2008
Mission Bay

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Clympus C-750
Olympus housing
Internal strobe

5/14/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus c5050z

5/18/2008
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Triopha maculata

Nikon D40x
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 substrobes.
18-55mm lens at 55mm and +4 and +1 stacked diopter
f/20, 1/125

5/14/2008
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Juvenile Triopha maculata

Nikon D300
YS 110 strobe
Nikkor 60mm lens

5/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Photographer Dori Dirig and a

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125s

5/16/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Dirona picta

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125s

5/17/2008
Point Loma
45 feet

Dirona albolineata

Canon Powershot S410

5/18/2008
Pacific Beach
Carl's Point

Honeycomb Rockfish
Sebastes umbrosus

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-51 strobe

5/17/2008
La Jolla Cove

California Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Sealife DC600
Sealife Digital Strobe
Wide angle lens

5/18/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Hermissenda crassicornis

Sea & Sea DX-1G
YS-110 strobe

5/16/2008
Maui, Hawaii
Kapalua Bay

Oval Squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Canon Powershot S500

5/13/2008
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Phidiana hiltoni

Canon Powershot A620
Canon housing

5/17/2008
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon Powershot SD700
Internal Flash

5/17/2008
Scripps Canyon

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus C-7000
Internal flash

5/18/2008
Point Loma
Three Fingers Reef

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Nikon D80
60mm macro lens

5/12/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon

Dendronotus frondosus

Fujifilm E900
f/5.6, 1/125

5/17/2008
La Jolla Shores

Cuthona divae and eggs

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

5/15/2008
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon

Juvenile Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon D200
Dual YS-110 strobes
60mm lens

5/16/2008
Catalina Island
Old Rock Quarry

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Olympus D-580
Olympus housing
YS-60 strobe

5/17/2008
La Jolla Shores

Two Fragile Rainbow Stars
Astrometis sertulifera

Olympus c5050z
PT-015 housing
Internal flash

5/17/2008
La Jolla Shores
North of Secret Garden

Hermissenda crassicornis

Can you spot the isopod?

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS125 Strobe
105mm lens
f/18, 1/250

5/17/2008
Malibu
Leo Carrillo State Park

A colony of Light-bulb Tunicates
Clavelina huntsmani

Sea & Sea DX-8000G
Single strobe

5/17/2008
Santa Rose Island
Johnson's Lee

A kelpfish, perhaps
Scarlet Kelpfish
Gibbonsia erythra

Next to a Bat Star
Asterina miniata

Canon 20D
Dual Ikelite strobes

5/17/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Many anemones, including

White-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Green Anemone
Anthopleura sola

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

5/2008
(first week of May)
Cozumel, Mexico

Purplemouth Moray
Gymnothorax vicinus

Golden Coral Shrimp
Stenopus scutellatus

Olympus SP310
Internal flash

5/18/2008
Redondo Beach
Inside the breakwall at King Harbor

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

Olympus E-330
50-200mm lens

5/14/2008
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lembeh Strait

Harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera picta

On a Blue Sea Star
Linckia laevigata

Olympus E-330
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Zuiko 50mm lens
f/11, 1/100, ISO 200

5/17/2008
Oil Rigs off Long Beach

3:47-min video clip

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