5/8/2010
Los Coronodos
North Island
Lobster Shack
15 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon G9
Ambient light

5/8/2010
Catalina Island
25 feet

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes

5/8/2010
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS51 strobe

5/9/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Single YS110 strobe

5/8/2010
La Jolla Shores

The hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

and Club-tipped Anemones
(Strawberry Anemones)
Corynactis californica

Canon A570
Internal flash

5/5/2010
Catalina Island
Crane Point

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon G10
Inon D2000 Strobe

5/6/2010
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Nikon D90
Ikelite DS125 strobe

5/9/2010
Point Loma Kelp
60 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Sony T900
Internal flash

5/6/2010
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Juvenile California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Canon 50D
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 & DS160 strobes
60mm lens
Also tried a homemade snoot on the primary strobe

5/8/2010
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D80
Ikelite housing
Dual DS125 strobes (TTL)
105mm lens

5/8/2010
La Jolla Shores

A gammarid amphipod
Perampithoe humeralis

Nikon D70s
60mm lens

These amphipods build nests in the kelp blades to rear direct developing juveniles; in an El Nino, they can take over a kelp forest and mow it down.

5/8/2010
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
40 feet

Diver David Pidcoe watches a

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Sea & Sea DX750G
Intova ISS2000 slave strobe

5/8/2010
Hawaii
Puako

Whitebar Surgeonfish (mai'koiko)
Acanthurus leucopareius

Yellow Tang (lau'i'pala)
Zebrasoma flavescens

Canon A710is
Canon WP1 housing

5/8/2010
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Male Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons

Olympus E-520
YS 110a & 110 strobes
50mm lens w/1.4x teleconverter
f/18, 1/180, and ISO 100