August 26, 2012

Gayle Van Leer

8/23/2012
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

A pair of Flabellina cooperi

on the hydroid
Corymorpha palma

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200
Mike Hallack

8/24/2012
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

A salp chain, probably
Pegea socia

Nikon D90
Dual DS125 strobes
Merry Passage

8/25/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
60 feet

Pyrosoma atlanticum

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Nikon 60mm
f/14, 1/320
Phil Garner

8/25/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
70 feet

The nudibranch
Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D700
Tamron 90mm lens
f/51, 1/320, ISO 400
Scott McGee

8/25/2012
Catalina Island
Hen Rock
15 feet

Snorkeler Carolita Ines swims over a large school of baitfish

Nikon D200
10.5mm fisheye
f/7.1, 1/125
Carolita Ines

8/24/2012
Catalina Island
Casino Point
1 foot

Free diver Scott McGee in the Casino Point kelp forest

Nikon D200
10.5mm fisheye
f/6.3, 1/125
David Andrew

8/21/2012
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

California Halibut
Paralichthys californicus

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 400
Walter Chung

8/26/2012
La Jolla
Cod Hole

The nudibranch
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Canon S100
Canon housing
Light & Motion Sola 1200
Steve Murvine

8/25/2012
Point Loma
35 feet

Diver Jackie Patay photographs a jellyfish
Scrippsia pacifica

Canon G9
Canon housing
Herb Gruenhagen

8/21/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Sea & Sea DX-2G
DS-110 strobe
Karma Crampton

8/26/2012
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

Canon S100
Ikelite housing with diffuser
John H. Moore

8/26/2012
La Jolla Cove

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
Mark Pidcoe

8/26/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual ISS4000 Intova Slave Strobes
Brian McHugh

8/26/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

The opisthobranch
Berthella californica

Nikon D7000
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens
f/18, 1/320, ISO 200
Walt Conklin

8/26/2012
Carmel, California
Monastery Beach
40 feet

The nudibranch
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Nikon D7000
Ikelite housing
No flash, just a Sola light
Kevin Lee

8/25/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
75 feet

Simnia eggs
Delonovolva aequalis

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter and a SubSea 10x diopter