September 14, 2015

Green Sea Turtle Walter Chung

9/12/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
3 feet

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Sony a6000
Ambient light

Diver and Baitfish David Hershman

9/13/2015
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig Eureka
60 feet

A diver in a school of baitfish
Unidentified

Sony RX100
Nauticam housing
Dual YS-D1 strobes
Wide angle wet lens

California Sea Lion Bob Austin

9/12/2015
Los Coronados, Mexico
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lion above divers
Zalophus californianus

Canon Powershot G16
Fantesea housing w/ wide-angle port
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 100

Angel Shark Merry Passage

9/13/2015
Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Artificial Reef
64 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Sigma 28-70mm lens at 35mm
f/5, 1/60, ISO 200

Bay Blenny Heather Lippert

9/7/2015
South Mission Bay Jetty
6 feet

Bay Blenny
Hypsoblennius gentilis

Nikon S1
YS-03 strobe
V-25 fishlight

Giant Sea Bass Vanessa Homyak

9/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
72 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

GoPro 4

Pipefish Jonathan Lavan

9/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

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

Kelp Scallop Peter Brueggeman

9/13/2015
Point Loma
75 feet

Kelp Scallop
Leptopecten latiauratus

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm macro lens

Zebra Goby Herb Gruenhagen

9/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
North end of North Wall

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Lava Tube Clint Crowe

9/12/2015
Kailua Kona, Hawaii
25 feet

A lava tube at Kailua Kona Hawaii Mile Marker 4 Alii Dr.

Canon G11
Canon WP-DC34 housing

Giant Sea Bass Margaret Webb

9/12/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef
60 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon D750
Nauticam housing
Dual Ikelite strobes
Nikon 16-35mm lens

Broomtail Grouper Kevin Lee

9/13/2015
Los Angeles County

Broomtail Grouper
Mycteroperca xenarcha

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens

Doris odhneri Steve Murvine

9/13/2015
Point Loma
90 feet

Odhner's Dorid
Doris odhneri

Canon G-15
Sola 1200 light

White-spotted Rose Anemone Stuart Berryhill

9/11/2015
Farnsworth Bank
85 feet

White-spotted Rose Anemone
Urticina lofotensis

Olympus E-PL3
YS-60 strobe
Olympus macro conversion lens

Squid Weiwei Gao

9/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Small or juvenile squid
Unidentified

This is the second time that Weiwei has photographed this small or juvenile squid. Can anyone identify it?

Canon Elph 300

Loggerhead Turtle Andrew Harmer

9/12/2015
10 miles west of Point Loma
Surface

Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta

with Pilotfish
Naucrates ductor

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 100

Giant Sea Bass Jim Lyle

9/12/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus OMD EM5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens
f/3.5, 1/200, ISO 200

Pipefish Mark Pidcoe

9/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
North side of Vallecitos Point

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Halfmoons Jerry Allen

9/10/2015
20 miles west of Mission Beach
Surface

Halfmoons under a kelp paddy
Medialuna californiensis

Nikon D700
Sealux housing
Available light
17-35mm lens

Backrolling off a dive boat Phil Garner

9/13/2015
Hermosa Beach
Artificial Reef

Margaret Webb’s fins as she back rolls onto Hermosa Artificial Reef

Nikon D700
300mm lens
f/7.1, 1/1600