December 8, 2014

Hermit Crab Kevin Lee

12/7/2014
Redondo Beach
Golf Ball Reef
65 feet

Hermit Crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens + 1.4x Kenko teleconvertor

Crevice Kelpfish Randy Thomas

12/2/2014
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Crevice Kelpfish
Gibbonsia montereyensis

Sony RX 100
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-01 strobes
Bluewater +7 closeup lens

Halfmoon Phil Garner

12/7/2014
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef
70 feet

Halfmoon
Medialuna californiensis

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/22, 1/250

California Sheephead Dave Rudie

12/7/2014
Point Loma
60 feet

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Sony Nex5

Cabezon Hayley Berryhill

12/5/2014
Off Huntington Beach
Oil Rig Eureka

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Olympus Stylus Tough 3000
Internal strobe

Sea Hare Herb Gruenhagen

12/7/2014
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
75 feet

Juvenile California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Guadalupe Cardinalfish and Lobster Bob Austin

12/5/2014
Los Coronados
Three Fingers
20 feet

Guadalupe Cardinalfish
Apogon guadalupensis

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing with "Big Eye" widefield port
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 400

Blacksmith Mark Pidcoe

12/7/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
70 feet

Juvenile Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 slave strobes

Flabellina trilineata Weiwei Gao

12/6/2014
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

Canon Elph 300

California Spiny Lobster Chris Lever

12/7/2014
Point Loma
New Hope Rock

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus OMD-EM-5
Dual YS-D1 strobes
Lumix 8mm fisheye
f/4.5, 1/125, ISO 200

Two-spot Octopus Roger Uzun

12/1/2014
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

A feeding Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Tube-dwelling Anemone Patricia Washington

12/7/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Nikon D7000
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens
f/25, 1/320, ISO 200

Metridium Stuart Berryhill

12/5/2014
Off Huntington Beach
Oil Rig Ellen

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium senile

Olympus E-PL3
YS-60 strobe
Olympus macro conversion lens

Jack Mackerel Walter Heim

12/7/2014
Point Loma
50 feet

Mostly Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Canon 5d Mark 1

Reef scene Gayle Van Leer

12/7/2014
Point Loma
65 feet

Reef scene with diver Jim Mulvihill

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights

Blue Maomao Peter Hergesheimer

12/6/2014
New Zealand
Poor Knight's Island

Blue Maomao
Scorpis violacea

Canon S-100

Giant Sea Bass Mike Couffer

12/6/2014
La Jolla Shores

Diver Gayle Van Leer watching a

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon 7d
Dual YS-250 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens

Two-spot Octopus Tiffany Poon

12/6/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
14-42mm lens