March 16, 2015

White Shark Jami Leslie Feldman

3/15/2015
Baja California, Mexico
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack, North Island
40 feet

A 6–7 foot White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias

Canon T3i
f/9, 1/80, ISO 200
Sevengill Shark Jovan Shepherd

3/15/2015
La Jolla Cove
25 feet

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens
Soupfin Shark Heather Lippert

3/14/2015
La Jolla Cove
45 feet

Soupfin (Tope) Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Nikon S1
Dual strobes
Sevengill Shark Weiwei Gao

3/15/2015
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Canon Elph 300
California Sheephead Mike Couffer

3/15/2015
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hastings Reef

Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Faintail Sole Steve Gardner

3/11/2015
La Jolla Shores

Fantail Sole
Xystreurys liolepis

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
Dual strobes
Yellowfin Fringehead Brian Herold

3/11/2015
Point Loma Kelp
Goal Posts

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800 light
Pithead Sculpin Herb Gruenhagen

3/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Male Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash
Mantis Shrimp Roger Uzun

3/14/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Near the Yukon
95 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Canon XA20
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights
Sevengill Shark Tiffany Poon

3/15/2015
La Jolla Cove

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
14-42mm lens
Polycera tricolor Jim Rosenberg

3/14/2015
Point Loma

Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor

Canon T3i
Dual Z240 strobes
60mm macro lens
Yellowfin Fringehead Chris Lever

3/15/2015
Point Loma Kelp
44 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Olympus OMD-EM5
Dual YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens at 43mm with +10 Diopter
f/9, 1/125, ISO 100
Falling Star Clint Anderson

3/14/2015
Off San Pedro
Oil Rig Eureka
110 feet

A falling star...

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-01 strobes
Mantis Shrimp Brenda Bridgett

3/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
120 feet

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Elixim 1080
Internal flash
Corynactic californica Mark Pidcoe

3/10/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
65 feet

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
Crevice Kelpfish Vanessa Homyak

3/14/2015
La Jolla Cove
30 feet

Crevice Kelpfish
Gibbonsia montereyensis

iPhone 5
Giant Kelpfish Mike Herndon

3/15/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
35 feet

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Olympus E-PM1
Sea & Sea YS110 strobe
Treefish Peter Brueggeman

3/14/2015
Point Loma
80 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens
Yellowfin Fringehead Margaret Webb

3/9/2015
Palos Verdes
The Crane
54 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D750
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
105mm lens with a +5 Subsee diopter
Chestnut Cowry David R. Andrew

3/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 250
Trapania velox Phil Garner

3/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Underwater Arch

The nudibranch Trapania velox with eggs

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/51, 1/320, ISO 200
Trapania velox Merry Passage

3/14/2015
Palos Verdes
Underwater Arch
49 feet

Mating Trapania velox in the reciprocal act of insemination

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens, +10 diopter
f/29, 1/250, ISO 200
Sevengill Shark John H. Moore

3/15/2015
La Jolla Cove

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/8, 1/200, ISO 400