February 29, 2016

Shortfin Mako Marla Matin

2/26/2016
Offshore San Diego

Shortfin Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus

Canon 7D
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/8, 1/160, ISO 320
Pelagic Thresher Shark Howard Hall

2/28/2016
Malapascua, Philippines

Pelagic Thresher Shark
Alopias pelagicus

RED camera
Canon 16-35mm lens
Panamic Arrow Crab Tiffany Poon

2/28/2016
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Another visiting warm-water species,
a Panamic Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus debilis

Canon PowerShot SD750
Internal flash
California Tonguefish David R. Andrew

2/23/2016
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

California Tonguefish
Symphurus atricaudus

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 250
Mussel Blenny Heather Lippert

2/28/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
50 feet

Mussel Blenny
Hypsoblennius jenkinsi

Nikon S1
Single YS-03 strobe
Gorgonian Stuart Berryhill

2/22/2016
Catalina Island
Seal Rocks
35 feet

Gorgonian closeup—polyps or parasitic zoanthids?
Unidentified

Olympus E-PL3
Single YS-60 strobe
14-42mm lens with an Olympus macro conversion wet lens
Phimochirus californiensis Herb Gruenhagen

2/28/2016
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

The hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash
Aplysiopsis enteromorphae Sandy Dildine

2/26/2016
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove tidepools
6 inches

The opisthobranch
Aplysiopsis enteromorphae

Olympus TG-3
Gray Whale Gayle Van Leer

2/27/2016
Off La Jolla

A curious Gray Whale
Eschrichtius robustus

Sony A6000
18-200mm lens
Manta Ray Ralph Pace

2/28/2016
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

Canon 5d mark II
Aquatica housing
Ambient light