November 10, 2014

Cortez Angelfish Steve Haynes

11/8/2014
La Jolla Cove

Cortez Angelfish
Pomacanthus zonipectus

GoPro Hero3

Opah Ralph Pace

11/3/2014
Offshore towards San Clemente

Opah
Lampris guttatus

Canon 5d Mark II

California Sheephead Steve Murvine

11/9/2014
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes

Octopus Adam Obaza

11/8/2014
Cortez Bank
55 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon T1i

Trivia solandri Phil Garner

11/9/2014
Palos Verdes Estates
Haggerty's

Coffee Bean Snail
Trivia solandri

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/25, 1/250

Chestnut Cowry Brian Herold

11/8/2014
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Olympus TG-2
Lit with dive light

Octopus Andrew Rosenkranz

10/30/2014
La Jolla Shores
South Walls 60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Yellowfin Fringehead Jovan Shepherd

11/7/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Olympus EPL-5
Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
14-42mm lens

Diver and Melibe leonina Mark Pidcoe

11/8/2014
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Diver Randy Thomas chasing the elusive

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Olympus E-PM1
Triple Intova ISS-4000 slave strobes
14-48mm lens at 14mm
ISO 600, f/11, 1/160

Kelp Bass Tiffany Poon

11/7/2014
La Jolla Cove

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Light & Motion Sola 1200

Jack Mackerel Steve Gardner

11/5/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
50 feet

Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
Two strobes

Octopus Mike Snyder

11/8/2014
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon PowerShot SD960 IS

Spanish Shawl Roger Uzun

11/6/2014
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E wreck

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

California Moray Stuart Berryhill

11/7/2014
Catalina Island
Pirate's Cove

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

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

Windmill Worm Kevin Lee

11/8/2014
Redondo Beach
Golf Ball Reef

Windmill Worm
Praxillura maculata

Nikon D800
Dual DS-1 strobes
1.4x Kenko teleconvertor

Soupfin Shark John H. Moore

11/6/2014
La Jolla Cove

Soupfin Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/160

Hermit Crab David Andrew

11/4/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

The hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
ISO 250, f/16, 1/160

Giant Kelpfish Merry Passage

11/8/2014
Redondo Beach
Golf Ball Reef
60 feet

A juvenile Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/250