August 10, 2015

Harbor Seal Brian Herold

8/7/2015
Monterey, CA
Middle Reef
5 feet

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Olympus TG-2
Wide-angle lens
Sola 800

California Moray Stuart Berryhill

8/9/2015
Catalina Island
Twin Rocks
45 feet

Two California Morays
Gymnothorax mordax

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

Giant Sea Bass Heather Lippert

8/9/2015
La Jolla Shores
Above the South Walls
40 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon S1
Fishlight V25

Lingcod Gayle Van Leer

8/3/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame and tray
Two Sola lights

Cabezon Herb Gruenhagen

8/9/2015
Scripps Canyon

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Garibaldi Dave Rudie

8/9/2015
Point Loma
40 feet

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Sony Nex5
Sola 2000

Acanthodoris rhodoceras Steve Murvine

8/8/2015
Point Loma
65 feet

Red-tipped Dorid
Acanthodoris rhodoceras

Canon G-15
Dual DS-161 strobes with Sola 1200

Wolf Eel Bob Austin

8/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon Powershot G16
Internal flash with diffuser
f/2.2, 1/250, ISO 100

Cormorant Tiffany Poon

8/7/2015
Monterey, CA
Breakwater
12 feet

Brandt's Cormorant and baitfish
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS110a strobes
14-42mm lens

Spanish Shawl Clinton Anderson

8/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Spanish Shawl on surf grass
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus E-PL3
Single YS-02 strobe
Macro lens

Pinto Abalone Andrew Harmer

8/8/2015
Los Osos, CA
Spooner's Cove

Pinto Abalone
Haliotis kamtschatkana

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 200

Blue-ring Top Snail Christopher Huynh

8/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Blue-ring Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
14-42mm lens

Hermissenda crassicornis Corrine Klein

8/9/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
55-60 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

SeaLife DC1400

Bocaccio Mark Pidcoe

8/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Juvenile Bocaccio having breakfast
Sebastes paucispinis

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 strobes

Sponge Phil Garner

8/8/2015
Rancho Palos Verdes
Pt. Vicente
70 feet

Sponge
Stelletta sp.

Nikon D700
f/20, 1/250

Ribbon Worms Merry Passage

8/8/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
63 feet

Ribbon Worms
Tubulanus sexlineatus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Sigma 28-70mm lens at 70mm
f/14, 1/250, ISO 200

Chromodoris macfarlandi Weiwei Gao

8/8/2015
Point Loma

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Felimida macfarlandi

Canon Elph 300

California Sheephead Mike Herndon

8/8/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
35 feet

Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes

Horn Shark Vanessa Homyak

8/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

GoPro 4

Leopard Sharks Roger Uzun

8/7/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
50 feet elevation

Leopard Sharks and snorkelers
Triakis semifasciata

DJI Phantom 3 Pro Quadcopter

Kelp Scallop Kevin Lee

8/8/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
65 feet

Kelp Scallop
Leptopecten latiauratus

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Christmas Tree Worm John Bibb

8/7/2015
Bahama Islands
25 feet

Christmas Tree Worm
Unidentified

Nikon D800
Nauticam housing
Ikelite strobes
Nikon 105mm macro lens
f/16, 1/125

Wolf Eel Mike Snyder

8/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon PowerShot SD960 IS

MacFarland's Chromodorid David R. Andrew

8/8/2015
Point Loma
91 feet

MacFarland's Chromodorid laying eggs
Felimida macfarlandi

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
f/18, 1/200, ISO 250