July 20, 2015

Leopard Shark Roger Uzun

7/16/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
5 feet

Leopard Shark
Triakis semifasciata

Gopro Hero 4 Black
Ambient light

Doriopsilla spaldingi David R. Andrew

7/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
112 feet

A Spalding's Dorid laying eggs
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
f/18, 1/200, ISO 250

Red Octopus Herb Gruenhagen

7/19/2015
La Jolla Shores

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Largemouth Blenny Callie Mack

7/15/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
15 feet

Male Largemouth Blenny in breeding colors
Labrisomus xanti

Canon Elph

Juvenile White Seabass Mike Couffer

7/17/2015
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
18 feet

Juvenile White Seabass
Atractoscion nobilis

Canon 7D
YS-250 strobe
100mm lens

Striped Seapearch Debbie Karimoto

7/18/2015
San Nicolas Island The Canyons

Striped Seaperch
Embiotoca lateralis

Canon G10
Dual Inon strobes

Leather Star Vanessa Homyak

7/15/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

Leather Star
Dermasterias imbricata

GoPro 4
Polar Pro macro lens

Doto form A Merry Passage

7/19/2015
Palos Verdes
Little Reef
65 feet

The nudibranch
Doto form A

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

Mantis Shrimp Heather Lippert

7/19/2015
La Jolla Shores
South side of Vallecitos Point
70 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Nikon S1
UK video light

Mark Pidcoe Bob Austin

7/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Mark Pidcoe chasing a tuna crab

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
f/4, 1/250, ISO 200

Ruby E Gene Shabinaw

7/16/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Ruby E
83 feet

Wreck of the Ruby E

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing with Zen mini dome
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens

Pelagic Stingray Walter Heim

7/19/2015
6 miles off San Diego

Pelagic Stingray
Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Canon 5d mark 1
17-40mm lens

Acanthodoris lutea Jovan Shepherd

7/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Yellow-horned Dorid
Acanthodoris lutea

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
14-42mm lens w/ Subsea +10 diopter

Norris' Top Snail Brian Herold

7/14/2015
Mission Bay Jetty
12 feet

Norris' Top Snail
Norrisia norrisi

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800

Baptodoris mimetica Mark Pidcoe

7/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Mimic Dorid laying eggs
Baptodoris mimetica

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Lionfish Christopher Huynh

7/16/2015
New Providence, The Bahamas
Sea Viking Wreck
62 feet

Invasive Red Lionfish
Pterois volitans

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000

Pink Abalone Andrew Harmer

7/18/2015
Point Loma Kelp
New Hope Rock
30 feet

Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
f/5.6, 1/30, ISO 800

Acanthodoris hudsoni Steve Murvine

7/19/2015
Point Loma
Main Channel
100 feet

Hudson's Dorid
Acanthodoris hudsoni

Canon G-9
Ikelite housing
Dual DS161 strobes
Inon closeup lens

Begg Rock Roger Carlson

7/17/2015
Begg Rock
100 feet

Baitfish

Olympus OMD EM5
Nauticam housing
Panasonic 8mm lens

Sand Tiger Shark Mark Judd

7/13/2015
Cape Lookout, North Carolina
Caribsea Wreck
80 feet

Sand Tiger Shark
Carcharias taurus

Olympus EPL-2
Olympus flash

Pycnoclavella stanleyi Phil Garner

7/19/2015
Rancho Palos Verdes
Point Vicente
45 feet

The social tunicate
Pycnoclavella stanleyi

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/20, 1/250

Polycera tricolor Weiwei Gao

7/19/2015
Point Loma
80 feet

Three-colored Dorid laying eggs
Polycera tricolor

Canon Elph 300

Syllid worm Kevin Lee

7/19/2015
Rancho Palos Verdes
Point Vicente
45 feet

A Syllid worm

Nikon 800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes