June 6, 2016

Triopha maculata Weiwei Gao

6/3/2016
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

The nudibranch
Triopha maculata

Canon 70D
60mm macro lens

Largemouth Blenny Wendy Dorr

5/28/2016
Catalina Island
Little Geiger Cove
10 feet

Largemouth Blenny
Labrisomus xanti

Olympus Stylus Tough TG-4
Internal flash

Tuna Crabs Howard Hall

6/2/2016
Point Loma

Tuna Crabs
Pleuroncodes planipes

RED Epic camera
Canon 16-35mm lens

Gopher Rockfish David R. Andrew

6/4/2016
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
80 feet

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4x teleconverter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Peltodoris mullineri Phil Garner

6/5/2016
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
65 feet

The nudibranch
Peltodoris mullineri

Nikon D3x
f/22, 1/250, ISO 100

Aeolidiella oliviae Merry Passage

6/5/2016
Redondo Beach
Barge
72 feet

The nudibranch
Aeolidiella oliviae

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens, +2 close-up lens and +5 SubSee diopter
f/18, 1/250, ISO 200

Bluebanded Goby Harold Dorr

5/28/2016
Catalina Island
Little Geiger Cove
10 feet

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Nikon D80
Sea & Sea housing
Single SB102 strobe
60mm lens
f/2.8

Felimida macfarlandi Jovan Shepherd

5/30/2016
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

The nudibranch
Felimida macfarlandi

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens

Blackeye Goby Herb Gruenhagen

5/30/2016
La Jolla Shores
Engine Block

Blackeye Goby
Rhinogobiops nicholsii

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Sand Tiger Sharks Tiffany Poon

6/4/2016
Morehead City, NC
Wreck of the Aeolus
75 feet

Sand Tiger Sharks
Carcharias taurus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
Panasonic LUMIX G 8mm fisheye lens

Shortfin Mako Walter Heim

6/4/2016
Offshore La Jolla

Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus

Canon 5D Mark i
Ambient light

Harbor Seal Roger Uzun

6/3/2016
La Jolla
Marine Room
1 feet

Harbor Seal resting on Roger's fin
Phoca vitulina

Gopro Hero 4
Ambient light

Pacific Seahorses Bob Austin

5/31/2016
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Two Pacific Seahorses!
Hippocampus ingens

Canon Powershot G16
f/5, 1/250, ISO 125

Polyclad Flatworms John H. Moore

6/5/2016
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

Two polyclad flatworms
Pseudoceros mexicanus

Nikon D200
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens

Hermissenda Jonathan Lavan

6/5/2016
San Pedro
Old Marineland
35 feet

The nudibranch
Hermissenda opalescens

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite strobes
Sola 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/320, ISO 200

Ocean Sunfish Marla Matin

6/4/2016
Nine Mile Bank

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

Canon 7D
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10 mm
f/8, 1/125, ISO 320

Tuna Crabs Brian Herold

6/4/2016
Mission Bay
1 foot

Tuna Crabs
Pleuroncodes planipes

GoPro Hero 4

Tube-snout eggs Tracy Clark

5/31/2016
Whidbey Island, WA
Keystone Jetty

Tube-snout eggs
Aulorhynchus flavidus

More detail

Nikon D200
60mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter