August 24, 2015

Wolf Eel and Urchin Merry Passage

8/19/2015
British Columbia, Canada
Fantasy Island
68 feet

A Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

carrying a Red Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Sigma 28–70mm lens at 28mm
f/20, 1/250, ISO 200

Whale Shark Vanessa Homyak

8/20/2015
Baja California, Mexico
Bahia de los Angeles
8-10 feet

Selfie with Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus

GoPro 4

Pipefish Herb Gruenhagen

8/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Sea & Sea 2G
Single YS-D1 strobe

California Barracuda Christopher Huynh

8/18/2015
La Jolla Shores
6 feet

Juvenile California Barracuda
Sphyraena argentea

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
14-42mm lens

Tubesnout Weiwei Gao

8/18/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
60 feet

Tubesnout
Aulorhynchus flavidus

Canon Elph 300

Pipefish Bob Austin

8/18/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Canon Powershot G16
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 320

Photographer and Octopus Harold Dorr

8/19/2015
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
Isthmus Reef
65 feet

Wendy Dorr photographing an

Octopus
Octopus

Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
SB105 strobe
Nikon 10.5mm lens

Fish-eating Anemone John Bibb

8/18/2015
British Columbia, Canada
Browning Passage
45 feet

Fish-eating Anemone
Urticina piscivora

Nikon D800
Nauticam Housing
Ikelite strobes
f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 200

Brown Rock Crab David R. Andrew

8/17/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
85 feet

Brown Rock Crab
Romaleon antennarius

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens f/18, 1/160, ISO 250

Ruby E David Hershman

8/23/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
75 feet

Bow of the Ruby E

Sony RX-100
Dual YS-D1 strobe
Inon wide-angle conversion lens

California Sea Lion Jami Leslie Feldman

8/19/2015
La Jolla Cove
3-5 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon T3i
Sea & Sea housing
Ambient light
f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 400

Spanish Shawl Mark Pidcoe

8/18/2015
La Jolla Shores
10 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 strobes

Bocaccio Andrew Harmer

8/21/2015
San Luis Obispo County
Pecho Coast
20 feet

Juvenile Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 500

Hermissenda Brian Herold

8/22/2015
La Jolla
Quast Rock

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus TG-2
Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe

Spanish Shawl Skip Greenhoe

8/22/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
El Rey

A drifting Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
60mm lens

Aegina citrea Jonathan Lavan

8/19/2015
Near Neah Bay, WA
Mushroom Rock
60 feet

The narcomedusae
Aegina citrea

Nikon D300
Single Ikelite DS-160 strobes
60mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Kelp Scott McGee

8/23/2015
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove

Female California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

in the Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon D800
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
16–35mm lens
f/7.1, 1/125, ISO 125

Red Irish Lord Phil Garner

8/17/2015
British Columbia, Canada
Hurst Island

Red Irish Lord eyes
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Nikon D700
f/14, 1/250

Giant Pacific Octopus Tiffany Poon

8/20/2015
British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver Island
Barkley Sound
60 feet

Giant Pacific Octopus
Enteroctopus dofleini

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

Wolf Eel Clinton Anderson

8/23/2015
US/Mexican Border
Wreck of the Hogan
125 feet

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Wide angle lens

California Moray and Shrimp Wendy Dorr

8/19/2015
Catalina Island
Two Harbors
Isthmus Reef

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

with Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Olympus Tough 4

Angel Shark Steve Murvine

8/22/2015
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
Train Wheels

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Canon G-15
Single DS-151 strobe