April 6, 2015

Whale Shark and Golden Trevally Harold Dorr

4/2/2015
Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz Bay

Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

Juvenile Golden Trevally
Gnathanodon speciosus

Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
10.5mm fisheye

Rubberlip Seaperch Margaret Webb

3/27/2015
Palos Verdes
Stern of the Avalon wreck
75 feet

A school of Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes

Nikon D750
Dual Ikelite strobes
Nikon 16-35mm lens

Club-tipped Anemones Gayle Van Leer

4/4/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

A barnacle amidst Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

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

Sheep Crab John Bibb

3/30/2015
Catalina Island
Little Farnsworth
80 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

and a gorgonian completely covered in Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum

Nikon D800
Nauticam housing Dual Ikelite strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 250

Sea Mouse Weiwei Gao

4/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Sea Mouse
Aphrodita sp.

Canon Elph 300

Serpulid Worm Merry Passage

4/4/2015
Palos Verdes
Little Reef
53 feet

A serpulid worm, probably
Serpula columbiana

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens and +10 diopter
f/25, 1/250, ISO 200

Simnia Herb Gruenhagen

4/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Treefish Roger Uzun

4/3/2015
Catalina Island
Farnsworth Banks
85 feet

Territorial Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Canon XA20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux Lights

Spiny Brittle Stars Adam Obaza

4/4/2015
Off Long Beach
Oil Platform Elly
40 feet

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Canon T1i
Canon 50mm lens

California Golden Gorgonian Vanessa Homyak

3/31/2015
Catalina Island
Wreck of the Valiant
80 feet

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

GoPro

Felimare porterae Heather Lippert

3/31/2015
Catalina Island
Wreck of the Valiant
90 feet

Porter's Chromodorid
Felimare porterae

Nikon S1
Dual strobes

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins Tiffany Poon

4/2/2015
Big Island, Hawaii
Honaunau Bay
65 feet

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins
Stenella longirostris longirostris

Olympus PEN E-PL1
14-42mm lens

Spanish Shawl Aaron Halstead

4/3/2015
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
35 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D90
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter

Noumeaella rubrofasciata Phil Garner

4/4/2015
Palos Verdes
60 feet

Red-headed Aeolid
Noumeaella rubrofasciata

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/36, 1/250

Felimida macfarlandi and Felimare porterae Kevin Lee

4/4/2015
Palos Verdes
Golfball Reef
63 feet

MacFarland's Chromodorid (left)
Felimida macfarlandi

Porter's Chromodorid (right)
Felimare porterae

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes