December 28, 2015

Spotted Kelpfish Sandy Dildine

12/27/2015
Laguna Beach
Fisherman's Cove
15 feet

Spotted Kelpfish
Gibbonsia elegans

Olympus TG-3
Internal flash

Star-studded Grouper Tiffany Poon

12/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Juvenile Star-studded Grouper
Hyporthodus niphobles

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
14-42mm lens

Common Squid Weiwei Gao

12/27/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Common Squid
Doryteuthis opalescens

Canon D70
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm macro lens

Octopus David R. Andrew

12/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/160, ISO 250

Whitetip Reef Shark Hayley Berryhill

12/24/2015
Kona, Hawaii
A Touch of Gray

Whitetip Reef Shark
Triaenodon obesus

GoPro Hero 3+
Lumix video light

Christmas Tree Worm Bob Austin

12/27/2015
Point Loma Kelp

Christmas Tree Worm
Spirobranchus spinosus

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
f/5, 1/250, ISO 200

Japanese Sea Plane Christopher Huynh

12/24/2015
Guam
99 feet

Lettering on underwing of Japanese Sea Plane

Olympus E-PM1
Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe
14-42mm lens

Tuna Crab Roger Uzun

12/27/2015
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Tuna Crab
Pleuroncodes planipes

Canon XA-20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 flux lights