Tracy Clark

8/5/2005
La Jolla Shores

Dendronotus iris
and eggs

Olympus 770
Olympus flash

Randy Sysol

8/4/2005
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus, or
Octopus bimaculoides

(Note the blue spot below the siphon.)

Olympus C-5050
Internal strobe

"Picture does not give scale, but this octopus was about three feet, tip to tip, biggest I've personally seen here in So. Cal."

Margaret Webb

8/7/2005
Palos Verdes Estates
Buchannan's Reef

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Olympus c5050
Dual Ikelite ds125 strobes
Stacked macro lenses

Dave McNair

7/31/2005
La Jolla Shores

Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii

Laurel Valker

8/7/2005
Oil Rig Eureka

Pink-mouth Hydroid
Tubularia crocea

Oly C5050
Internal flash
PT-015 housing

Terry Strait

8/7/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
HMCS Yukon

Plumose Sea Anemone
Metridium senile

Olympus 4040z
Ikelite Housing
Single DS 50

f3.6, 1/80th, manual mode, external strobe at 3.5

Jennifer Ayers

8/1/2005
Scripps Canyon

Aeolidia papillosa

Rick Ramsey

8/5/2005
Camp Verde, Arizona
Out of Africa Wildlife Park

Basking Tiger Shark

Peter McGuinness

7/29/2005
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon a75
Internal Strobe

Steve Murvine

8/7/2005
Los Coronados
North Island
Keyhole

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus 3.2 megapixel

Dan Scanderbeg

8/6/2005
La Jolla Shores

Santa Barbara Janolus
Janolus barbarensis

(Do you see the scallop??)

Canon A95
Canon housing
Internal strobe
f3.5, 1/60

Dean Uyeda

8/6/2005
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower

Plumose Sea Anemone
Metridium senile

Kevin Lee

8/7/2005
Oil Rig Elly

Explosion of life on an oil rig beam.

Olympus C-5060
YS-90DX and YS-15 strobes

Matt Gieselman

8/7/2005
La Jolla Shores
South Wall

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Canon SD500
Internal Strobe