March 23, 2015

Sevengill Shark Tiffany Poon

3/17/2015
La Jolla Cove

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS110 strobe

Soupfin Shark Weiwei Gao

3/16/2015
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Soupfin (Tope) Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Canon Elph 300

Island Kelpfish Brian Herold

3/18/2015
La Jolla
God's Rock

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800

Sargo Mark Pidcoe

3/18/2015
La Jolla Cove
Near Buoy B
15 feet

Sargo
Anisotremus davidsoni

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
14-48mm lens

Garibaldi Margaret Webb

3/17/2015
Anacapa Island
30 feet

Juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D750
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens

Mexichromis porterae Gayle Van Leer

3/22/2015
Point Loma
80 feet

Porter's Chromodorid
Mexichromis porterae

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

Soupfin Shark Roger Uzun

3/17/2015
La Jolla Cove
48 feet

Soupfin (Tope) Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Canon XA20 camcorder
Natural light

Polycera tricolor Peter Brueggeman

3/21/2015
Point Loma
90 feet

Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens

Cabezon Heather Lippert

3/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
95 feet

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Nikon S1
Dual strobes

Ancula gibbosa Aaron Halstead

3/17/2015
Dana Point
50 feet

Three Humped Ancula (mating?)
Ancula gibbosa

Nikon D90
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobe
60mm lens + 1.4 teleconverter

California Sheephead Vanessa Homyak

3/18/2015
La Jolla Cove
25 feet

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

GoPro

Navanax David R. Andrew

3/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/3.5, 1/60, ISO 250

Octopus Brenda Bridgett

3/21/2015
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Elixim 1080
Internal flash

Tube-dwelling Anemone Steve Gardner

3/17/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
Dual strobes

Spotted Eagle Ray Jonathan Lavan

3/17/2015
Grand Cayman
Off the wreck of the Kittiwake
65 feet

Spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus narinari

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
10.5mm fisheye lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Diver Herb Gruenhagen

3/22/2015
La Jolla Cove
20 feet

Diver Kathryn Turner

Sea & Sea 2G
Single strobe
Wide-angle lens

California Sheephead Lucas Traurig

3/18/2015
Catalina Island
Casino Point
35 feet

Two male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Sealife DC1400
Seadragon strobe
Fisheye wide angle lens