September 7, 2015

Fantail Sole Clinton Anderson

9/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
80 feet

Fantail Sole
Xystreurys liolepis

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Wide-angle lens

Sargo Mark Pidcoe

9/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
North side of Vallecitos Point

A school of Sargo silting out everything
Anisotremus davidsoni

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Giant Sea Bass Phil Garner

9/3/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D700
16mm lens
f/10, 1/200

Reef Scene Steve Murvine

9/6/2015
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Warty Sea Cucumber in reef scene
Parastichopus parvimensis

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Giant Sea Bass Kevin Lee

9/5/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef
60 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Polyclad Flatworm Weiwei Gao

9/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros luteus

Canon Elph 300

Giant Sea Bass Mike Couffer

9/4/2015
Newport Beach
Newport Pier

20mm juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

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

Giant Kelpfish Jonathan Lavan

9/7/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
45 feet

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite strobes set at 1/2, SOLA 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Bocaccio David Andrew

9/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
117 feet

Juvenile Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 320

Rockfish Heather Lippert

9/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
80 feet

An injured rockfish
Unidentified

Nikon S1
Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe
V25 Fishlight

Doriopsilla albopunctata Herb Gruenhagen

9/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden

Mating pair eof White-spotted Dorids
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Giant Sea Bass Merry Passage

9/3/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef
65 feet

Photographer Phil Garner and a Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Sigma 28-70mm lens at 34mm
f/5.6, 1/160, ISO 200

Pipefish Tiffany Poon

9/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
55 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
14-42mm lens

Japanese Dragon Moray Christopher Huynh

9/6/2015
Izu Islands, Japan
Nazumado, Hachijo Island
40 feet

Japanese Dragon Moray
Enchelycore pardalis

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
14-42mm lens

Galapagos Penguin Roger Uzun

9/5/2015
Galapagos Islands
Isabela Island

Galapagos Penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus

GoPro Hero 4
Ambient light

Reef Scene John Bibb

9/3/2015
Catalina Island
West End
35 feet

Reef scene with sheephead and
California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Nikon D800
Nauticam housing
Ikelite strobes
f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 200

Green Sea Turtle Cary Humphries

9/2/2015
Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

GoPro Hero 4

White Sharks Howard Hall

9/1/2015
Guadalupe Island, Mexico
4 feet

White Sharks
Carcharodon carcharias

RED Epic camera
Available light
Canon 8-15mm @ 15mm