8/19/2012
Point Loma
75 feet

Diver David Hershman at the wreck of the Chelsea Lee

Nikon D200
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
10.5mm fisheye
f/5, 1/50

8/14/2012
La Jolla
Marine Room
35 feet

Fried Egg Jellyfish
Phacellophora camtschatica

above the Eel Grass beds
Zostera marina var. latifolia

Canon S100
Canon housing
with a Fantasea Bigeye attached
Lighting provided by a Sola 1200

8/18/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
60 feet

Aggregate salp with embryos
Cyclosalpa bakeri

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Nikon 60mm
f/16, 1/320

8/13/2012
Rancho Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Nudibranchs with eggs
Ancula gibbosa

(Note also the tiny Cuthona? crawling over the eggs.)

Nikon D700
Tamron 90mm lens
f/57, 1/320

8/18/2012
La Jolla
Hospital Point
18 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual ISS4000 Intova Slave Strobes at 1/4 power
15mm Wide Angle Adapter
f/8, 1/30

8/17/2012
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

The nudibranch
Cumanotus sp.

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous light using a single Sola 1200

8/19/2012
Offshore of Palos Verdes
25 feet

Juvenile flatfish
Unknown

seeking shelter on a salp chain
Cyclosalpa bakeri

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes

8/15/2012
La Jolla Shores

A male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes
15mm lens

8/19/2012
Point Loma
75 feet

Two nudibranchs:

Tritonia festiva (lacy white)

Triopha catalinae (orange)

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS-125 and DS-161 strobes

8/18/2012
La Jolla
Hospital Point
10 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Sea & Sea DX-2G
DS-110 strobe

8/14/2012
Mendocino
40 feet

Reef scene

Sony Nex5

8/14/2012
Cozumel, Mexico
Villa Blanca Reef

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
Periclimenes yucatanicus

on a Sun Anemone
Stichodactyla helianthus

Olympus EM-5
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
14-42mm lens with SubSee 10X adapter
f/16, 1/250, ISO 200

8/15/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon Powershot SX260
Canon WP-DC42 housing

8/17/2012
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Olympus C5050Z
Two strobes
100 Degree lens

8/19/2012
Mission Bay

The nudibranch
Polycera hedgpethi

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea YS-90 strobes
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter