July 13, 2015

Over/Under Kelp Photo Dave Rudie

7/12/2015
Point Loma

Diver Steve Nau waits onboard above the kelp

GoPro

Bat Ray Roger Uzun

7/10/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
5 feet

Bat Ray
Myliobatis californica

GoPro Hero 4 Black
Ambient light

Flabelliderma papillosa Weiwei Gao

7/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
50 feet

The marine worm
Flabelliderma papillosa

Canon Elph 300

Yellowfin Fringehead Gayle Van Leer

7/12/2015
Point Loma
70 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights

Fin Whale Howard Hall

7/13/2015
8 miles off La Jolla

Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus

RED Epic camera
8-15mm lens (@15mm)

Bluefin Tuna Mike Johnson

7/12/2015
Offshore of Laguna Beach

Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus orientalis

Nikon D600
300mm lens

Lamellaria diegoensis Kevin Lee

7/11/2015
Redondo Beach
Golf Ball Reef
60 feet

The gastropod
Lamellaria diegoensis

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Juvenile Wolf Eel John H. Moore

7/12/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

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

Blood Star Peter Brueggeman

7/12/2015
Point Loma
85 feet

Blood Star
Henricia leviuscula

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens

Distaplia-budding_1566_Merry-Passage.jpg Merry Passage

7/11/2015
Palos Verdes
Little Reef
50 feet

The compound tunicate
Distaplia sp.

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens with +5 diopter
f/29, 1/250, ISO 200

California Golden Gorgonian Vanessa Homyak

7/6/2015
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

GoPro 4
Polar Pro macro lens

Sarcastic Fringehead David R. Andrew

7/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
115 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Lion Nudibranch Prof. Charles Tu

7/12/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
70 feet

Lion Nudibranch and eggs
Melibe leonina

Sony RX100
Video light

Acanthodoris hudsoni Herb Gruenhagen

7/11/2015
Point Loma
Three Fingers

Hudson's Dorid
Acanthodoris hudsoni

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Berthella californica Jim Rosenberg

7/11/2015
Point Loma

California Berthella
Berthella californica

Canon T3i
Dual Inon Z240 strobes
100mm macro lens

Hemphill's Kelp Crab Bob Austin

7/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

on a Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Canon Powershot G16
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 200

Cadlina flavomaculata Phil Garner

7/11/2015
Rancho Palos Verdes
Point Vicente
60 feet

Yellow-spotted Cadlina
Cadlina flavomaculata

Nikon D700
f/13, 1/200

Doriopsilla albopunctata Mark Pidcoe

7/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
70 feet

White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Two-spot Octopus Jovan Shepherd

7/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
14-42mm lens

Wolf Eel Brian Herold

7/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Way North Wall

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800

Lizardfish Christopher Huynh

7/12/2015
Nassau, Bahamas
LTC Wreck
15 feet

Lizardfish
Unidentified

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe

Hermissenda Steve Murvine

7/11/2015
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes

Garibaldi Gene Shabinaw

7/12/2015
San Clemente Island

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon 7D
Nautican housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 60mm macro lens