May 4, 2015

Shrimp and a crab feed on a dead sea lion Bob Austin

4/30/2015
La Jolla Shores
100 feet

A Brown Rock Crab
Romaleon antennarius

and Target Shrimp
Sicyonia penicillata

feed on a dead California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
internal flash with diffuser
f/2, 1/250, ISO 200

Podocerus cristatus Kevin Lee

5/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
65 feet

The amphipod
Podocerus cristatus

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes

Longfin Gunnel Tracy Clark

4/30/2015
Whidbey Island, Washington
Keystone Jetty
30 feet

Longfin Gunnel
Pholis clemensi

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea strobes

Painted Greenling John H. Moore

5/2/2015
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

A male Painted Greenling guarding eggs
Oxylebius pictus

laid between Parchment Tube Worm tubes
Chaetopterus sp.

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

Panamic Arrow Crab Weiwei Gao

4/30/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
100 feet

Panamic Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus debilis

on a Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

Canon Elph 300

Hermissenda Michael Ayres

5/3/2015
La Jolla Cove
Buoy A
30 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon S110
f/5, 1/250, ISO 100

Hemphill's Kelp Crab Gayle Van Leer

4/30/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

on a Kelp blade
Macrocystis pyrifera

with Krill all around
Family Euphausiidae

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

C-O Sole Herb Gruenhagen

5/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
Northern Crap Patch
65 feet

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

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

Melibe leonina Phil Garner

5/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef

Lion Nudibranch (left)
Melibe leonina

and a Branded Dendronotus (right)
Dendronotus venustus

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/25, 1/320

Aegires albopunctatus Jovan Shepherd

5/2/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
60 feet

Two White-spotted Dorids, about to mate
Aegires albopunctatus

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens

Aerial View of Marine Room Roger Uzun

5/1/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
+400 feet

An aerial view of the Marine Room area

DJI Phantom 3 Quadcopter

Red Octopus Mark Pidcoe

4/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
70 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 slave strobes

California Sea Lions Walter Chung

4/30/2015
La Jolla Cove

California Sea Lions
Zalophus californianus

Sony a6000