September 17, 2012

Jim Lyle

9/15/2012
Catalina Island
Italian Gardens
70 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigis

Olympus OM-D EM-5
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens
f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 200

Margaret Webb

9/15/2012
Catalina Island
Italian Gardens

Dive boat silhouette

Nikon D200
Nexus housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
Tamron 17-50mm lens

Nirupam Nigam

9/15/2012
Anacapa Island
Winfield Scott wreck
40 feet

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Olympus E-PM1
Olympus housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
Lumix 8mm fisheye lens
f/22, 1/160, ISO 200

Herb Gruenhagen

9/11/2012
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
60 feet

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal strobe

Mark Pidcoe

9/15/2012
Catalina Island
Twin Rocks

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundis

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual Intova ISS4000 strobes

Brian McHugh

9/15/2012
Santa Barbara Island

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Nikon D7000
Dual Sea & Sea 110a strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10mm
f/14, 1/250, ISO 800

Eli Reihman

9/15/2012
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Soupfin Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

GoPro 2

Steve Murvine

9/15/2012
Point Loma
15 feet

Juvenile Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS-125 and DS-161 strobes (TTL)

David Andrew

9/14/2012
Santa Barbara Island
Rookery Wall
65 feet

Female California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/6.3, 1/100, ISO 500

Ryan Mable

9/15/2012
Santa Barbara Island
Seal Rookery

California Moray and friends
Gymnothorax mordax

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes

Walter Chung

9/13/2012
La Jolla Cove
Boundary Wall
100 feet

Dock Shrimp
Pandalus danae

in front of a Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

Canon S100
Canon housing
Continuous lighting via Sola 1200
Fantasea Bigeye

Kevin Lee

9/16/2012
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Liberty Wreck slope
35 feet

A nudibranch
Unidentified

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens + 1.4 teleconverter

Tracy Clark

9/13/2012
La Jolla Shores

California Armina
Armina californica

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-90 strobes

Merry Passage

9/16/2012
Offshore of Redondo Beach
45 feet

The opisthobranch
Corolla spectabilis

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