5/5/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
60 feet

An octopus wraps its arms around a
Octopus sp.

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Was this predation or play?

Canon G15
Ikelite housing
Ikelite 160 strobe
f/4, 1/125

5/8/2016
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Flatfish (probably a sanddab)
Unidentified

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

5/7/2016
Redondo Beach
Topaz Pilings
43 feet

The hermit crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/18, 1/250, ISO 200

5/4/2016
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

A juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

5/4/2016
La Jolla Shores
108 feet

A Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Olympus EPM-1
Single Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe
60mm lens

5/7/2016
Santa Monica Bay
Wreck of the Palawan
112 feet

Rosy Rockfish
Sebastes rosaceus

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite strobes
Sola 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/250, ISO 200

5/8/2016
Redondo Beach Artificial Reef
The Barge
80 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D3x
85mm lens
f/22, 1/250

5/7/2016
La Jolla
80 feet

Hermissenda opalescens

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes
Sola focus light
60mm lens with Subsee diopter

5/2/2016
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

Panamic Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus debilis

Canon Powershot G16
f/2.5, 1/250, ISO 100

5/5/2016
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
55 feet

The invasive tunicate
Ciona robusta

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Macro wet lens

5/7/2016
Point Loma
88 feet

The polyclad flatworm
Eurylepta californica

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter
f/18, 1/60, ISO 320

5/7/2016
Maui, Hawaii
Five Graves, Five Caves

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Nikon S1
Single strobe

5/3/2016
Roatan, Honduras
Cara a Cara

Caribbean Reef Shark
Carcharhinus perezii

Olympus XZ-1
Single YS-60 strobe
Olympus wide-angle conversion lens