October 8, 2012

Nirupam Nigam

10/7/2012
Eureka Oil Rig
103 feet

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Olympus E-PM1
Olympus housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
Lumix 8mm fisheye lens
Debbie Karimoto

10/5/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Ship Rock

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Canon G10
Dual Inon strobes
Fisheye Dome
Mike Johnson

10/7/2012
Offshore San Diego (18 miles)

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

with a Halfmoon
Medialuna californiensis

Nikon D7000
Tokina 10-17 at 11.5mm
Phil Garner

10/7/2012
Torrance Beach
Landing Craft Wreck

Diver Merry Passage about to descend

Nikon D700
f/9, 1/125, ISO 200
Kevin Lee

10/1/2012
Sumbawa, Indonesia
Tenjung Sai
20 feet

Upside-down Jelly
Cassiopea sp.

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens plus 1.4x teleconverter
Tracy Clark

10/6/2012
La Jolla Shores

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Nikon D200
60mm lens
Stuart Berryhill

10/5/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Little Geiger
40 feet

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

Olympus XZ-1
YS-60 strobe
Steve Gardner

10/3/2012
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus C5050z
Dual strobes
Walter Chung

10/7/2012
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon S100
Canon housing
Lighting provided by a Sola 1200
Inon macro adapter
Herb Gruenhagen

10/5/2012
La Jolla Cove
Boundary Wall
99 feet

Orange Gorgonian
Adelogorgia phyllosclera

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal strobe
Merry Passage

10/6/2012
Palos Verdes
Haggerty's Crane
50 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/25, 1/250, ISO 400
Gayle Van Leer

10/4/2012
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Dock Shrimp
Pandalus gurneyi

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200
Terry Strait

10/6/2012
La Jolla Shores
80 feet

Diver Kim Mitchell checks out the angel
David Andrew

10/2/2012
La Jolla Shores

Longnose Skate
Raja rhina

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes plus
Sola 800 and UK eLed Aqualite video lights
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/8, 1/160, ISO 320
Jackie Flynn

10/6/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Avalon
Casino Point
25 feet

Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Canon Powershot SX260
Canon WP-DC42 housing
Walter Heim

10/7/2012
Point Loma
50 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Near the Purple Sea Urchin feed line
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Canon 20D
Dual SB105 strobes
Matt Grace

10/1/2012
Monterey
Point Lobos State Reserve
54 feet

Reef scene

Canon 7D
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens
f/8, 1/80