8/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

Mating Target Shrimp
Sicyonia penicillata

From a decapod expert, "[when mating, shrimp] position themselves at right angles like this and the male deposits sperm in the receptacle of the female on one side, then turns 180 degrees and does the other side."

Canon Elph 300

8/16/2015
San Clemente Island
Little Flower
60 feet

Orangethroat Pikeblenny
Cheanopsis alepidota

RED Epic Camera (frame grab)
Sigma 17-70mm lens

8/16/2015
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Gold River
20 feet

Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS110 strobes
Panasonic Lumix G 8mm fisheye lens

8/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Yellow Snake Eel
Ophichthus zophochir

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

8/15/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Two Yellow-spotted Cadlinas
(but not their egg mass)
Cadlina flavomaculata

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
14-42mm lens

8/11/2015
La Jolla Cove

A California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

fleeing from other reef fish trying to steal its breakfast, a Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm macro lens
f/8, 1/200, ISO 400

8/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

White Dorid
Atagema alba

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

8/14/2015
Mission Point Park
10 feet

Mushroom Sidegill
Tylodina fungina

Nikon D800
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm macro lens
f/9, 1/320, ISO 125

8/16/2015
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

GoPro 4
Sola video light

8/12/2015
Guadalupe Island, Mexico

White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias

Olympus TG4

8/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
45 feet

Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttallii

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 strobes
f/22, 1/160, ISO 200

8/15/2015
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
45 feet

Black Dorid
Polycera atra

Nikon D90
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
105mm lens with diopter

8/15/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

and Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon G-15
Sola 1200 light

8/11/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
10 feet

Male Largemouth Blenny in breeding colors (red)
and two females (right)
Labrisomus xanti

Canon XA-20 camcorder
Ambient light

8/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
116 feet

Spalding's Dorid, with eggs
Doriopsilla spaldingi

GoPro 4

8/14/2015
Point Loma
89 feet

Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

8/13/2015
Oahu, HI Mini Barge 70 feet

Blue Dragon Nudibranch
Pteraeolidia ianthina

Canon PowerShot SD960 IS