11/17/2012
Point Loma
60 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200

11/17/2012
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
70 feet

Juvenile California Sheephead (2 cm)
Semicossyphus pulcher

Olympus E-PM1
Olympus housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
67mm Dyron Macro Wetlens

11/18/2012
Santa Catalina Island
Lulu's (deeper reef)
60 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Olympus XZ-1
YS-60 strobe and a Sola 500
Olympus macro conversion lens

11/15/2012
La Jolla Shores

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes, plus
Sola 800 & UK eLed Aqualite video lights
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/7.1, 1/125, ISO 320

11/17/2012
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
90 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Ikelite DS51 and Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes

11/17/2012
Santa Barbara Island
Sutil Island

Diver Mike Couffer photographing a

Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chryomelas

Canon G10
Dual Inon strobes

11/16/2012
La Jolla Shores
Above the North Wall
75 feet

California Halibut
Paralichthys californicus

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Video lights

11/18/2012
Point Loma
40 feet

Male California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Canon 20D
Dual SB105 strobes

11/18/2012
La Jolla Shores

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Dual YS-110 strobes

11/14/2012
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
25 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

having a Spiny Mole Crab dinner
Blepharipoda occidentalis

Panasonic TS3

11/18/2012
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual Intova ISS4000 strobes
Dual Big Blue focus lights
15mm wide angle lens