January 7, 2013

Mark Pidcoe

1/1/2013
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
105 feet

Diver Steve Preddy with a rarely seen deepwater shark

Combtooth Dogfish
Centroscyllium nigrum

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual Intova ISS4000 slave strobes
Dual Big Blue AFO focus lights

David Andrew

1/5/2013
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
80 feet

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes, Big Blue focus light, Sola 800 Fill-in light
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/160, ISO 320

Merry Passage

1/5/2013
Palos Verdes
Old Marineland
55 feet

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/36, 1/250, ISO 400

Mike Ayres

1/5/2013
Scripps Pier
20 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon G11
Internal flash

Herb Gruenhagen

1/6/2013
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

Sea & Sea 2X-2G
Internal strobe

Tracy Clark

1/5/2013
La Jolla Shores

Angel Shark eye
Squatina californica

Nikon D200
60mm lens plus 1.4x teleconverter

Jim Rosenberg

1/5/2013
Point Loma
Train Wheels
100 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Canon T3i
Nauticam housing
Dual Inon Z-240 strobes
60mm macro lens
f/16, 1/160, ISO 200

John H. Moore

1/6/2013
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

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

Phil Garner

12/31/2012
Redondo Beach
Artificial Reef

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Nikon D700
60mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter
f/29, 1/250

Kevin Lee

12/31/2012
Palos Verdes
Barge Reef

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes with strobe snoot
60mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter