December 22, 2014

Spanish Shawl Heather Lippert

12/20/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Sea & Sea DX1G
Dual strobes

California Scorpionfish amongst Sand Dollars Weiwei Gao

12/15/2014
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Juvenile California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Amidst Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Canon Elph 300

California Scorpionfish Clint Anderson

12/21/2014
La Jolla
Buoy B
100 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

...near a Blood Star and Red Gorgonian

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Wide-angle lens

Pacific Sardines Mark Pidcoe

12/20/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Pacific Sardines
Sardinops sagax

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Squid Egg Sacs Herb Gruenhagen

12/21/2014
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
65 feet

Squid Egg sacs
Doryteuthis opalescens

Sea & Sea 2G
Single YS-01 strobe

Blackeye Goby Roger Uzun

12/19/2014
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux Housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Bluebanded Goby Brenda Bridgett

12/15/2014
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Casio EX-Z1080
Internal strobe

Sea Fans Debbie Karimoto

12/20/2014
Catalina Island
Blue Caverns
45 feet

Sea fans, some with zoanthids
Unidentified

Canon G10
Inon strobes
f/5.6, 1/100, ISO 200

Island Kelpfish Nirupam Nigam

12/20/2014
Anacapa Island

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

Olympus E-PM1
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
Olympus 60mm macro lens
+7 dyron dioptre