January 26, 2015

Zebra Goby Jovan Shepherd

1/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

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

Bluebanded Goby John H. Moore

1/24/2015
La Jolla Shores

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

on an orange Lacy Bryozoan
Phidolopora labiata

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

Treefish Stuart Berryhill

1/19/2015
Catalina Island
Eagle Reef
65 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Olympus E-PL3
YS-60 strobe
Olympus macro conversion lens

Bay Blenny Brenda Bridgett

1/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

Bay Blenny
Hypsoblennius gentilis

Casio EX-Z1080
Internal strobe

Sarcastic Fringehead Heather Lippert

1/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden
60 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon S1
Dual strobes

C-O Sole Gayle Van Leer

1/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

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

California Moray Clint Anderson

1/24/2015
San Clemente Island
Boiler
50 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

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

Giant Sea Bass Roger Uzun

1/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
143 feet

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

in a swarm of euphasiids

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux Housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Giant Sea Bass Mark Pidcoe

1/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Photographer Vanessa Homyak and a

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Ronquil Brian Herold

1/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Ronquil
Family Bathymasteridae

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800 light

Flabellina pricei David R. Andrew

1/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Flabellina pricei

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens with 1.4 Kenko teleconverter
f/16, 1/160, ISO 250

Dendronotus venustus Phil Garner

1/25/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef

Dendronotus venustus

Nikon D700
85mm lens
f/25, 1/250

Polycera atra Herb Gruenhagen

1/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Polycera atra

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Purple Gorgonian Vanessa Homyak

1/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
117 feet

Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

iPhone 5
Watershot case

Humpback Whale Walt Conklin

1/13/2015
Off Redondo Beach

Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae

Nikon D7000

Swordfish Ralph Pace

1/19/2015
Off Tanner Bank

Swordfish
Xiphias gladius

Canon 5d mark ii
Aquatica housing

Doto amyra Weiwei Gao

1/22/2015
La Jolla Shores

Two Doto amyra, one of which is laying eggs

Canon Elph 300

Sunset Bob Austin

1/22/2015
La Jolla Shores

Sunset

Canon Powershot G-16