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June 1, 2015

Bat Ray aggregation Roger Uzun

5/31/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
8 feet

At least 21 Bat Rays in frame!
Myliobatis californica

GoPro Hero 4 Black
Natural light
Tuna Crabs Brian Herold

5/30/2015
Point Loma Kelp
Leaning over the side of the boat

Many Tuna Crabs
Pleuroncodes planipes

Olympus TG-2
Wolf Eel Justin Judd

5/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
70 feet

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus EPL-2
Dual Olympus strobes
Light and Motion Sola 800
Cabezon Adam Obaza

5/30/2015
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
30 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canon T1i
Canon 50mm macro lens
Slipper Lobster Heather Lippert

5/31/2015
Puako, Hawaii
30 feet

Sculptured Slipper Lobster
Parribacus antarcticus

Nikon S1
Intova light
Hawaiian Monk Seal David R. Andrew

5/26/2015
Lehua Rock, Hawaii
Pyramid Point
75 feet

Hawaiian Monk Seal
Monachus schauinslandi

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 13mm
f/8, 1/160, ISO 250
Manta Ray Vanessa Homyak

5/28/2015
Hawaii
35 feet

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

GoPro
Pyrosome Mark Pidcoe

5/30/2015
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

A Pyrosoma atlanticum with several harpcacticoid copepods eating it

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
Red Octopus Herb Gruenhagen

5/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
32 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe
Three-lined Aeolid Bob Austin

5/30/2015
Point Loma
80-85 feet

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

Canon PowerShot G16
Fantasea housing
Internal flash with diffuser
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 200
Ronquil Mike Ayres

5/31/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
65 feeet

Ronquil
Family Bathymasteridae

Canon S110
f5.6, 1/125, ISO 100
Zebra Perch John H. Moore

5/31/2015
La Jolla Cove
4 feet

Zebra Perch
Hermosilla azurea

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/11, 1/200, ISO 400
Tuna Crabs Steve Murvine

5/31/2015
Point Loma
10 feet

Tuna Crabs
Pleuroncodes planipes

Canon G-15
f/4.5, 1/200, ISO 100
Nurse Shark Steven Thornbury

5/29/2015
Cozumel, Mexico
40 feet

Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Nikon D300
Ikelite housing
Sanddabs Ralph Pace

5/27/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch

Two Speckled Sanddabs
Citharichthys stigmaeus

and an Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon 5D Mark ii
Aquatica housing
Sea & Sea strobes
100mm lens
Balloonfish Gene Shabinaw

5/25/2015
Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

Balloonfish
Diodon holocanthus

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing with Zen mini dome
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens
Proliferating Anemones Gayle Van Leer

5/30/2015
Point Loma Kelp
30 feet

Proliferating Anemones
Epiactis prolifera

on a Kelp blade
Macrocystis pyrifera

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights
By-the-Wind Sailor Mike Johnson

5/31/2015
Offshore La Jolla
At the surface

The underside of a By-the-Wind Sailor
Velella velella

Nikon D200
SB105 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens