June 15, 2015

Lion Nudibranchs Mark Pidcoe

6/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
Before the North Wall

Lion Nudibranchs
Melibe leonina

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Juvenile Wolf Eel David R. Andrew

6/9/2015
La Jolla Shores
64 feet

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Red Octopus Heather Lippert

6/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Crap Patch
40 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Nikon S1
Fishlight V25

Chestnut Cowry Margaret Webb

6/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
60 feet

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Nikon D750
Dual DS-125 strobes
105mm lens with Subsee +10 diopter

Ida's Miter Peter Brueggeman

6/14/2015
Point Loma
85 feet

Ida's Miter
Mitra idae

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens

Diver in Kelp Justin Judd

6/14/2015
Los Coronados
15 feet

Diver Mark Judd in Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Olympus OM-D EM1
Nauticam housing with 4.33-inch dome
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
8mm fisheye lens

Lion Nudibranch John H. Moore

6/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
Before the North Wall

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/11, 1/200, ISO 400

Guadalupe Cardinalfish Debbie Karimoto

6/14/2015
San Clemente Island
Inside Boiler

Several Guadalupe Cardinalfish
Apogon guadalupensis

Canon G10
Single Inon D2000 strobe

Brown Rock Crab and Red Rock Shrimp Herb Gruenhagen

6/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Brown Rock Crab
Romaleon antennarius

Red Rock Shrimp
Lysmata californica

Sea & Sea 2G
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe

Pseudoceros luteus Phil Garner

6/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
60 feet

A polyclad flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/16, 1/320

Grunt Sculpin John Bibb

6/13/2015
Big Sur
80 feeet

Grunt Sculpin
Rhamphocottus richardsonii

Nikon D800
Nauticam housing
Dual Ikelite strobes
105mm macro lens
f/13, 1/100, ISO 250

Foureye Butterflyfish Bob Austin

6/13/2015
San Pedro, Belize
40 feet

Foureye Butterflyfish
Chaetodon capistratus

Canon G15
Fantasea housing
f/2, 1/250, ISO 250

Tuna Crab Vanessa Homyak

6/13/2015
La Jolla Shores

Tuna Crab
Pleuroncodes planipes

GoPro

Tuna Crabs Roger Uzun

6/11/2015
La Jolla Shores

Tuna Crabs washed up on the beach
Pleuroncodes planipes

Panasonic HC-VX870 camcorder

Spanish Shawl Gene Shabinaw

6/13/2015
Point Loma Kelp

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
100mm lens with Subsee +5 diopter

Horned Aeolid Steve Murvine

6/13/2015
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon G15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Kelp Bass Kevin Lee

6/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
30 feet

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Lion Nudibranchs Steve Gardner

6/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
Before the North Wall
55 feet

Lion Nudibranchs
Melibe leonina

Olympus C5050Z
Dual strobes

Amphipod Merry Passage

6/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
48 feet

The kelp amphipod
Peramphithoe humeralis

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens with +5 diopter
f/22, 1/250, ISO 200