January 12, 2015

Lumptail Searobin Weiwei Gao

1/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Lumptail Searobin
Prionotus stephanophrys

Canon Elph 300

Plainfin Midshipman Herb Gruenhagen

1/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
75 feet

Plainfin Midshipman
Porichthys notatus

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Hemphill's Kelp Crab Phil Garner

1/10/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Nikon D700
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter
f/9, 1/250, ISO 200

Polycera atra Jovan Shepherd

1/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
48 feet

Black Dorid
Polycera atra

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

Simnia Merry Passage

1/10/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West
66 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens, Subsee +10 diopter
f/36, 1/250, ISO 200

Dendronotus venustus and Doto amyra Mark Pidcoe

1/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Above the South Walls

Two Branched Dendronotus (big and small)
Dendronotus venustus

and a very small Doto amyra beneath the smaller Dendronotus

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 strobes
60mm lens

Caribbean Reef Sharks Steve Murvine

1/9/2015
Roatan, Honduras

Caribbean Reef Sharks
Carcharhinus perezi

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Rockpool Blenny Roger Uzun

1/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Octopus Steve Gardner

1/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
Dual strobes

Furry Hermit Clint Anderson

1/5/2015
La Jolla Cove
25 feet

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

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

California Sea Lions Corinne Klein

1/10/2015
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Sea Life DC1400

Two Spaldings Prof. Charles Tu

1/10/2015
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch
100 feet

George Spalding looks at a Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Sony RX100
Sola light
f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 400

Red Octopus David Andrew

1/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens with 1.4 Kenko teleconverter
f/16, 1/125, ISO 200

Topsmelt Steven Thornbury

1/6/2015
La Jolla Cove

Probably Topsmelt
Atherinops affinis

Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Tokina 11-16mm lens
f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 640

Swimming Crab Kevin Lee

1/10/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West
65 feet

A 1-inch juvenile Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens plus 1.4 teleconverter

Sarcastic Fringehead Brenda Bridgett

1/9/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Casio E-XZ1080
Internal flash

Swimthrough Dana Joseph

1/6/2015
La Jolla

The swimthrough under The Clam

Fujifilm Finepix XP50

Squid Eggs Mike Couffer

1/9/2015
Newport Pier
54 feet

Squid egg sacs
Doryteuthis opalescens

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens

California Sea Hare Vanessa Homyak

1/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

GoPro

Moray Chad Arnold

1/8/2015
Roatan, Honduras
El Aguilar

A Moray that just ate a fish!
Unidentified

Canon G9

Black Grouper and Sergeant Major Jim Rosenberg

1/7/2015
Roatan, Honduras

Black Grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci

Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatalis

Canon T3i
Dual Inon z240 strobes
Tikona 10-17mm lens

Green Sea Turtle Ralph Pace

1/5/2015
La Jolla

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Canon 5d Mark ii
Aquatica housing
15mm lens