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February 2, 2015

Bay Blenny David R. Andrew

1/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
48 feet

Bay Blenny
Hypsoblennius gentilis

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens with 1.4 Kenko teleconverter
f/14, 1/125, ISO 200
Gopher Rockfish Mike Herndon

2/1/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
35 feet

Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus

Olympus E-PM1
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
Brown Rockfish Heather Lippert

2/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
65 feet

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Nikon S1
Dual strobes
Kelp Rockfish Gayle Van Leer

1/31/2015
Point Loma
30 feet

Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights
Janolus barbarensis Jonathan Lavan

1/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
50 feet

Janolus barbarensis

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite 160 strobes
60mm lens with 10+ diopter
f/11, 1/200, ISO 200
Angel Shark Vanessa Homyak

2/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
East of Vallecitos Point
35 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

iPhone 5
Watershot case
Acanthodoris lutea Kevin Lee

1/31/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West
50 feet

Acanthodoris lutea

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes
Hypselodoris californiensis Stuart Berryhill

1/30/2015
Catalina Island
Eagle Reef
143 feet

Hypselodoris californiensis

Olympus E-PL3
YS-60 strobe
Olympus macro conversion lens
Mantis Shrimp Brenda Bridgett

1/25/2015
La Jolla Shores

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis
Corambe steinbergae Merry Passage

2/1/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West
10 feet

The nudibranch
Corambe steinbergae

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens and +10 Subsee diopter
f/36, 1/250, ISO 200
Corambe pacifica Phil Garner

2/1/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef West

The nudibranch
Corambe pacifica

Nikon D700
85mm lens and +10 diopter
f/51, 1/125, ISO 100
Giant Kelpfish Steve Murvine

1/31/2015
Point Loma
35 feet

Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes
California Sea Hare Herb Gruenhagen

2/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
65 feet

Nudibranch eggs and a very small California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash
Lobster Jim Rosenberg

1/31/2015
Point Loma

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Canon T3i
Dual Inon Z240 strobes
60mm lens
Mating Sheep Crabs John H. Moore

1/31/2015
La Jolla Shores

Mating Sheep Crabs
Loxorhynchus grandis

(Larger male on the right, holding a smaller female on the left with his two back legs)

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 400
Polycera hedgpethi Jovan Shepherd

2/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
60 feet

Polycera hedgpethi

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens
Kelp Bass Adam Obaza

1/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

Canon T1i
50mm lens
Flabellina trilineata Mark Pidcoe

2/1/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Flabellina trilineata

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
60mm macro set to 1:1
Brown Rockfish Brian Herold

1/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
75 feet

Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800 light
Barnacle Clint Anderson

1/31/2015
Off Long Beach
Oil Rig
15 feet

Barnacle
Unidentified

amidst Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Macro lens
California Scorpionfish Roger Uzun

1/30/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Canon XA20 camcorder
Sealux housing
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights
Flabellina trilineata Weiwei Gao

1/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
50 feet

Flabellina trilineata

Canon Elph 300
Two-spot Octopus Bob Austin

1/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
North end of the Main Wall
50 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon Powershot G-16
Fantasea housing
Internal flash
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 200