12/9/2012
Point Loma
90 feet

An egg-bearing Sea Spider
Order Pycnogonida

Canon T3i
Nauticam housing
Dual Inon Z-240 strobes
60mm macro lens with Inon 165 wet closeup
f/14, 1/160, ISO 200

12/8/2012
La Jolla Shores
Just below Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Stubby Squid
Rossia pacifica

Nikon D7000
Dual Sea & Sea 110a strobes
Sigma 17-70mm lens at 70mm
f/14, 1/320, ISO 400

12/9/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Big Fisherman's Cove
19 feet

Juvenile Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/45, 1/250, ISO 400

12/9/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Big Fisherman's Cove
15 feet

The nudibranch
Felimare californiensis

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter

12/9/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Blue Caverns

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Canon G12

12/9/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Eagle Reef

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Canon G10
Inon strobes
f/8, 1/160, ISO 200

12/9/2012
Point Loma
50 feet

Male California Sheephead in kelp
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon 20D
Dual Nikon SB105 strobes

12/9/2012
Point Loma
55 feet

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Purple Sea Urchins
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

...and a small Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus

Sony NEX-5
Nauticam housing

12/8/2012
Point Loma
80 feet

Two Brown Cup Coral
Paracyathus stearnsi

on a Blue Encrusting Sponge
Unidentified

(and what is the single other cup coral?)

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Ikelite DS-51 and Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes
100mm lens

12/9/2012
Point Loma
75 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200

12/9/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Big Fisherman's Cove

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

Nikon D700
16mm lens
f/14, 1/400

12/7/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundis

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal flash

12/9/2012
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
35 feet

Speckled Sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus

Olympus E-PM1
Olympus housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
Dyron 67mm macro lens