February 23, 2015

Okenia angelensis Mark Pidcoe

2/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
65 feet

A rare Okenia angelensis on red algae

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 slave strobes
60mm Macro at 1:1 with digital doubler
f/18, 1/160, ISO 200

Northern Spearnose Poacher Roger Uzun

2/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Northern Spearnose Poacher
Agonopsis vulsa

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Simnia Merry Passage

2/21/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West
68 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens, +10 diopter
f/25, 1/250, ISO 200

Giant Sea Bass Phil Garner

2/21/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D700
85mm lens
f/11, 1/200

Tylodina fungina Kevin Lee

2/21/2015
Palos Verdes
35 feet

Mushroom Sidegill
Tylodina fungina

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes

Chromodoris macfarlandi Margaret Webb

2/21/2015
Palos Verdes
The crane
68 feet

Chromodoris macfarlandi

(purple with three yellow stripes)

Nikon D200
Nexus housing
Dual DS-125 strobes
105mm lens and a +10 diopter

Mexichromis porterae John H. Moore

2/21/2015
Scripps Canyon
North Branch
100 feet

Mexichromis porterae

(blue with two orangeish stripes, and a faint white / light blue stripe down the middle)

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 400

Dirona picta Jovan Shepherd

2/20/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
80 feet

Colorful Dirona
Dirona picta

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens

Windmill Worm Tube Peter Brueggeman

2/22/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
95 feet

A Windmill Worm Tube
Praxillura maculata

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens

Janolus barbarensis Gayle Van Leer

2/18/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights

Diaulula sandiegensis Heather Lippert

2/21/2015
Off Long Beach
Oil Rigs
50 feet

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon S1
Dual strobes

California Lizardfish David R. Andrew

2/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
48 feet

California Lizardfish
Synodus lucioceps

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens with 1.4 Kenko teleconverter
f/18, 1/160, ISO 200

Spiny Brittle Star Ralph Pace

2/17/2015
PB Point

Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Canon 5d Mark III
Two 580 speedlites in water studio rig

Gray Whale Dave Rudie

2/22/2015
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Magdalena Bay

Gray Whale
Eschrichtius robustus

GoPro

Doriopsilla spaldingi Herb Gruenhagen

2/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
89 feet

Doriopsilla spaldingi

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Proliferating Anemone Brian Herold

2/21/2015
Point Loma
35 feet

Proliferating Anemone
Epiactis prolifera

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800 light

Squid Weiwei Gao

2/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
40 feet

A small squid
Unidentified

Canon Elph 300