December 7, 2015

French Angelfish Jonathan Lavan

12/6/2015
St. Lucia, West Indies
67 feet

French Angelfish
Pomacanthus paru

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
Sola 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Krill Christopher Huynh

12/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Krill
Family Euphausiidae

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens

Longnose Puffer Karen McKim

12/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Longnose Puffer
Sphoeroides lobatus

GoPro Hero 3+
Sola 1200 and 2000 flood

Reef Cornetfish Mike Couffer

12/6/2015
Newport Beach
Newport Pier
23 feet

Cornetfish
Fistularia sp.

Canon 7D MkII
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 60mm lens

Moray and Lobster Nicholas Hess

12/6/2015
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
20 feet

A California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

and a California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus TG-3
f/2, 1/30, ISO 100

Star-studded Grouper Herb Gruenhagen

12/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Juvenile Star-studded Grouper
Hyporthodus niphobles

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Sargo Steve Murvine

12/6/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Sargo
Anisotremus davidsonii

Canon EOS Rebel S1
Ikelite DS-161 strobes on low power
Tokina 17mm lens
f/8, 1/160, ISO 200

Southern Kelp Crab David R. Andrew

12/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
66 feet

Juvenile Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttallii

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with SubSee +5 Diopter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Giant Kelpfish Michael Herndon

12/6/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
25 feet

Giant Kelpfish (well over 2 feet long)
Heterostichus rostratus

in the invasive seaweed
Sargassum horneri

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

Star-studded Grouper Weiwei Gao

12/6/2015
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Star-studded Grouper
Hyporthodus niphobles

Canon 70D
60mm lens