10/24/2015
3 miles off Mission Beach

Humpback Whales
Megaptera novaeangliae

Nikon D7000
Tokina 10-17mm lens

10/23/2015
Catalina Island
Bird Rock
15 feet

Remi Le Reverend watches a
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Canon 7D MkII
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens

10/22/2015
Los Angeles County

Giant Sea Bass (foreground)
Stereolepis gigas

Broomtail Grouper (background)
Mycteroperca xenarcha

Nikon D700
18mm lens
f/7.1, 1/125

10/25/2015
Point Loma Kelp
20 feet

Rainbow Chub
Sectator ocyurus

Canon G16
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 800

10/24/2015
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Elly

Yellowtail
Seriola lalandi

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

10/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Juvenile Whitetail Damselfish
Stegastes leucorus

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
14-42mm lens

10/25/2015
San Clemente Island
Little Flower

Plain Cardinalfish
Apogon atricaudus

Note black bar on first dorsal fin

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

10/21/2015
La Jolla Shores

Box Jelly
Carybdea marsupialis

Nikon D7000
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/13, 1/250, ISO 200

10/25/2015
Offshore San Diego

Spinetail Mobula
Mobula japanica

"Sometimes it pays to point and shoot. This critter made two passes 20-30 ft from the boat. I dropped the camera over and pointed in the right direction in burst mode. Only one image focused on the critter."

Canon 5D
17mm lens

10/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
25 feet

Diamond Stingray
Dasyatis dipterura

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

10/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Sony RX 100
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
10x diopter

10/25/2015
Catalina Island
Little Flower

A pair of California Morays
Gymnothorax mordax

Canon 7D
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/8, 1/160, ISO 250

10/24/2015
Kenting, Taiwan
70 feet

Fire Scallop
Lima scabra

Sony RX100
Lit by dive light

10/25/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
35 feet

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Olympus E-PM1
Available light

10/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

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

10/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Sony a6000
Sola 1200 Light

10/24/2015
Los Angeles County

Giant Sea Bass (2 foot)
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Sigma 28-70mm lens at 28mm
f/7.1, 1/200, ISO 640

10/25/2015
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Whitetail Damselfish
Stegastes leucorus

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

10/23/2015
Scripps Canyon
115 feet

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Felimida macfarlandi

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with SubSee +5 Diopter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

10/22/2015
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Canon Elph 300

10/24/2015
US/Mexican Border
USS Hogan
120 feet

Happy Halloween!

Canon G-9
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes