12/27/2014
Palos Verdes
45 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens + 1.4x Kenko teleconvertor

12/28/2014
La Jolla
Marine Room
15 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Nikon D800
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
60mm macro lens
f/8, 1/320, ISO 125

12/28/2014
La Jolla Shores
80 feet

Ocean Whitefish
Caulolatilus princeps

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 slave strobes

12/28/2014
Point Loma
65 feet

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola light

12/28/2014
Los Coronados
Keyhole
20 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Sealife DC1200

12/28/2014
Bosque del Apache, New Mexico

Sandhill Cranes
Grus canadensis

Nikon D750
Tamron 150-600mm lens

12/28/2014
La Jolla Shores
15 feet

Probably the shrimp
Heptacarpus palpator

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

12/22/2014
Mission Bay
Mission Point Park
20 feet

Hermit Crab
Phimochirus californiensis

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

12/29/2014
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
31 feet

Cal State Northridge graduate student Stephanie Benseman with her master's project focus species

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon 7d
Dual Sea & Sea YS-250 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens

12/27/2014
Palos Verdes
Rocky Point
64 feet

Christmas Tree Worm
Spirobranchus spinosus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/32, 1/160, ISO 200

12/27/2014
South Oceanside
Buccaneer Beach
70 feet

California Golden Gorgonian (front)
Muricea californica

Red Gorgonian (back)
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 16mm
f/6.3, 1/80, ISO 320

12/28/2014
La Jolla Shores
40 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

12/27/2014
Palos Verdes
Rocky Point

Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/8, 1/200

12/27/2014
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
30 feet

The notaspidean opisthobranch
Tylodina fungina

Nikon D7000
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

12/27/2014
La Jolla Shores
North of Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata

Canon Elph 300

12/27/2014
Monterey
Breakwater
30 feet

Juvenile Kelp Greenling
Hexagrammos decagrammus

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800 light

12/27/2014
Point Loma Kelp

Diver Gayle Van Leer watching a

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Canon G-15
Dual DS-161 strobes

12/6/2014
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Juvenile Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 400