September 24, 2012

Phil Garner

9/23/2012
Palos Verdes
Haggerty's Crane

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Nikon D700
16mm lens
f/10, 1/200

Gayle Van Leer

9/23/2012
Point Loma
80 feet

The nudibranch
Tritonia festiva

on its food source, Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200

David Andrew

9/22/2012
Point Loma

Porter's Chromodorid
Mexichromis porterae

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea Housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes and
Sola 800 & UK eLed Aqualite video lights
Nikkor 60mm lens with Kenko 1.4x teleconverter
f/18, 1/200, ISO 320

Brian McHugh

9/22/2012
La Jolla Shores
North of Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Nikon D7000
Dual YS-110a strobes
f/16, 1/320, ISO 200

Jackie Patay

9/10/2012
Bali, Indonesia
Menjangan Island

Clownfish
Unidentified

Canon Elph 300
Natural lighting

Tracy Clark

9/23/2012
La Jolla Shores

Graceful Crabs (pre-mating)
Cancer gracilis

Nikon D200
60mm lens

Randy Thomas

9/19/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Onespot Fringehead
Neoclinus uninotatus

Panasonic GF1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-1 strobes
45mm macro lens
f/1, 1/160, ISO 200

Herb Gruenhagen

9/18/2012
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

The head of a segmented "Ragworm" polychaete worm
Family Nereididae

Sea & Sea DX-2G

Walter Chung

9/23/2012
La Jolla Cove
Boundary Wall
100 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon S100
Canon housing
Continuous lighting via Sola 1200

Walter Heim

9/21/2012
17 miles offshore of San Diego
Near a kelp paddy

Jumping Dorado
Coryphaena hippurus

(and a couple Yellowtail... see them?)
Seriola lalandi

Canon 20D

Clint Crowe

9/21/2012
Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Honokohau Harbor
Rip-off Reef
16 feet

Bigfin Squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Canon G-11
WP-DC34 housing

Steve Murvine

9/22/2012
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
75 feet

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS-125 and DS-161 strobes in TTL mode
Inon macro diopter (wet lens)

Mike Hernandez

9/19/2012
Poor Knight's Island, New Zealand
25 feet

Clown Nudibranch
Ceratosoma amoena

Canon PowerShot 1300
Canon housing

Merry Passage

9/22/2012
Redondo Beach
Artificial Reef

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium senile

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/32, 1/250, ISO 400

Kevin Lee

9/20/2012
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesisa
House Reef, Villa Markisa Dive Resort
60 feet

The nudibranch
Sakuraeolis kirembosa

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