September 28, 2015

Shortfin Mako Walter Heim

9/26/2015
3 miles off La Jolla

Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus

Canon 5d Mark 1

Ocean Sunfish Marla Matin

9/26/2015
Near Nine Mile Bank

Ocean Sunfish with cleaner fish
Mola mola

Canon 7D
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens

Broomtail Grouper Merry Passage

9/26/2015
Los Angeles County
64 feet

Broomtail Grouper
Mycteroperca xenarcha

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 16-35mm lens at 35mm
f/7.1, 1/125, ISO 640

Giant Sea Bass Heather Lippert

9/27/2015
Catalina Island
Avalon Dive Park
Near the Suejac
93 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Nikon S1
YS-03 Strobe, V-25 Fishlight

Sargo Herb Gruenhagen

9/27/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Sargo
Anisotremus davidsoni

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

Guadalupe Cardinalfish Roger Uzun

9/25/2015
Los Coronados
Middle Grounds
15 feet

Juvenile Guadalupe Cardinalfish
Apogon guadalupensis

in a Crowned Sea Urchin
Centrostephanus coronatus

Canon XA-20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux Lights

Octopus and Whelk Michael Herndon

9/27/2015
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove
25 feet

Octopus with Whelk lunch?
Octopus sp.

Olympus E-PM1
Sea & Sea YS110 strobes

Diver in kelp Bob Austin

9/27/2015
Laguna Beach
Diver's Cove
30-35 feet

Diver Heather Hummel in the kelp with a couple garibaldi

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
f/3.2, 1/250, ISO 250

Garibaldi Steve Murvine

9/26/2015
Point Loma
Christmas Reef
60 feet

Garibaldi in reef scene
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Giant Sea Bass Vanessa Homyak

9/27/2015
Catalina Island
Suejac wreck
92 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

GoPro 4

Zebra Goby David Andrew

9/25/2015
Scripps Canyon
119 feet

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with +5 SubSee Diopter
f/18, 1/160, ISO 250

Baitfish Mark Pidcoe

9/26/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Diver Henry Cook amidst baitfish

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 Strobes

Diver Ryan Mable

9/23/2015
Point Loma Kelp
Offshore from NRAD

Matt Cerezo administers a kelp-diving refresher upon Ryan’s return from a 3-year Hawaiian hiatus.

GoPro Hero 3+ w/ Backscatter red filter

Windmill Worm Kevin Lee

9/27/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot
60 feet

Windmill Worm
Praxillura maculata

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Moray Eel Tiffany Poon

9/27/2015
Laguna Beach
Heisler Park
40 feet

California Moray and friends
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS110a strobes
14-42mm lens

Green Sea Turtle Jovan Shepherd

9/26/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
6 feet

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Olympus E-PL5
12-50mm lens

Reef Scene Weiwei Gao

9/26/2015
La Jolla Cove
Rockpile

Reef scene

Canon 70D

Mudshrimp Christopher Huynh

9/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

A mudshrimp
Upogebia onychion

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens