October 27, 2014

Pacific Seahorse Ralph Pace

10/20/2014
La Jolla Shores

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Canon 5D Mark 2
Aquatic housing
Sea & Sea strobes

Guadalupe Cardinalfish Paul Golonski

10/24/2014
Catalina Island
Avalon Underwater Dive Park
25 feet

Guadalupe Cardinalfish
Apogon guadalupensis

GoPro Hero3

Mexichromis porterae David Andrew

10/25/2014
Point Loma
75 feet

Porter's Chromodorid
Mexichromis porterae

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 Strobes
Nikon 60mm lens with SubSee +5 Wet Diopter
ISO 250, f/16, 1/160

Diver Gayle Van Leer Herb Gruenhagen

10/25/2014
Santa Barbara
The Arch

Diver Gayle Van Leer

(and a Senorita)

Sea & Sea 2G
Single strobe
Wide angle wet lens

Brittle Stars and Bat Star Gayle Van Leer

10/11/2014
Offshore San Diego

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

cover a Bat Star
Asterina miniata

Sony RX100
Nauticam housing
with Beneath the Surface frame and arms
Two Sola lights
ISO 125, f/5.6, 1/320

California Moray Brian Herold

10/25/2014
Point Loma
New Hope Rock

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus TG-2
Lit by dive light

Kelp Rockfish Adam Obaza

10/27/2014
Santa Cruz Island
65 feet

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Canon T1i

Pacific Seahorse Bob Austin

10/23/2014
La Jolla Shores

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing

Octopus and Bluebanded Goby Mark Pidcoe

10/25/2014
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

in front of an Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 slave strobes
14-48mm lens at 48mm
ISO 800, f/16, 1/160

Barred Sand Bass Merry Passage

10/25/2014
Redondo Beach
Pacific Electric Red Cars
63 feet

Barred Sand Bass
Paralabrax nebulifer

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/6.3, 1/250, ISO 100

Chum Salmon Nirupam Nigam

10/26/2014
Bremerton, Washington

Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta

Olympus E-PM1
Single YS-D1 strobe
Lumix 8mm fisheye lens

Diver Kelly Miller and a Kelp Bass Steve Murvine

10/25/2014
Point Loma

Diver Kelly Miller checks out a

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Canon G15
Ikelite housing
DS-161 strobes

Sea Lion Walter Heim

10/19/2014
Offshore San Diego

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon 5D

Giant Kelp Phil Garner

10/25/2014
Redondo Beach
Pacific Electric Red Cars

Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D700
16mm lens
f/9, 1/100

Navanax Tiffany Poon

10/22/2014
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Light & Motion Sola 1200
14-42mm lens

Octopus Weiwei Gao

10/21/2014
La Jolla Shores

Octopus with prey
Octopus sp.

Canon Elph300

Pacific Seahorse John H. Moore

10/21/2014
La Jolla Shores

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
ISO 400, f/14, 1/160