October 12, 2015

Swell Shark Eggs Kevin Lee

10/11/2015
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef
55 feet

Swell Shark eggs
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

White-spotted Jellyfish Gayle Van Leer

10/10/2015
Point Loma
40-50 feet

White-spotted Jellyfish
Phyllorhiza cf. punctata

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame and tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting using two Sola lights

California Scorpionfish Heather Lippert

10/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Inshore of the North Wall
30 feet

Juvenile California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Nikon S1
Single Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe
V-25 Fishlight

Yellowtail Roger Carlson

10/6/2015
Cortes Bank
60 feet

Yellowtail
Seriola lalandi

Olympus OM-D EM-5
Nauticam housing
Ambient light
Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens

Giant Kelpfish and Mysid Shrimp Bob Austin

10/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
75 feet

Juvenile Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

feeding on Krill
Family Euphausiidae

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
Internal flash with diffuser
f/2.2, 1/250, ISO 200

Brown Rockfish Jovan Shepherd

10/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens

Garibaldi Bill Arquette

10/9/2015
Los Coronados
Three Fingers
25 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon D700
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS51 strobes
60mm macro lens

Reef Scene Gene Shabinaw

10/10/2015
Catalina Island
50 feet

Reef scene

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing with Zen mini dome
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens

Angel Statue Herb Gruenhagen

10/9/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
75 feet

Kelp Bass in front of the Angel Statue
Paralabrax clathratus

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

Steve Murvine Steve Murvine

10/10/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Hidden California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon G-15
Dual DS-161 strobes

Kelp Bass Merry Passage

10/11/2015
Palos Verdes
White Point Outfall Pipe
45 feet

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/11, 1/250, ISO 200

Lobster Trap Weiwei Gao

10/10/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Trap with California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon 70D
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10mm

California Moray Brian Herold

10/10/2015
Catalina Island
Doctor's Cove
35 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus TG-2
Sea & Sea YS-02 strobe
Sola 800

Navanax Tiffany Poon

10/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS110a strobes
14-42mm lens with macro adaptor

Triopha catalinae Christopher Huynh

10/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
115 feet

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens

California Sheephead Jonathan Lavan

10/10/2015
Catalina Island
65 feet

Juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite 160 strobes
SOLA 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200