October 5, 2015

El Pit Cenote Prof. Charles Tu

10/4/2015
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
30 feet

Looking up from within El Pit Cenote

Sony RX100
Orangethroat Pikeblenny Tiffany Poon

10/3/2015
Catalina Island
Ripper's Cove
45 feet

Orangethroat Pikeblenny
Chaenopsis alepidota

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
14-42mm lens
Sarcastic Fringehead David R. Andrew

9/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
115 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250
Sargo Mark Pidcoe

10/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Sargo
Anisotremus davidsoni

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
Diver Steve Murvine

10/3/2015
Point Loma Kelp
40 feet

Diver Gayle Van Leer

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
Horn Shark Jovan Shepherd

9/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens
Austraeolis stearnsi Merry Passage

10/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot
63 feet

Stearn's Aeolid laying eggs
Austraeolis stearnsi

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/20, 1/250, ISO 200
Roughhead Blenny Jonathan Lavan

9/29/2015
Key Largo, FL
45 feet

Roughhead Blenny
Acanthemblemaria aspera

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite 160 strobes
SOLA 800 focus light
60mm lens with 10+ diopter
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200
Giant Acorn Barnacle Bob Austin

9/28/2015
Point Loma
Christmas Reef
60 feet

Giant Acorn Barnacle feeding
Balanus nubilus

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
Internal flash with diffuser
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 400
Flatworm Kevin Lee

10/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Resort Point

Flatworm
Prosthiostomum latocelis

Note cluster of cerebral eye spots.

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Blackeye Goby Herb Gruenhagen

10/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Blackeye Goby
Rhinogobiops nicholsii

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash
Cadlina limbaughorum Christopher Huynh

9/28/2015
Catalina Island
The Valiant
90 feet

Limbaughs' Cadlina
Cadlina limbaughorum

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens
Armina californica Mike Couffer

9/28/2015
Newport Beach
Newport Pier
25 feet

California Armina
Armina californica

Canon 7D MkII
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 60mm lens
California Moray Heather Lippert

9/28/2015
Catalina Island
The Valiant
90 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Nikon S1
Single Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe
V-25 Fishlight
California Spiny Lobster Weiwei Gao

9/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
North of Vallecitos Point

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon 70D