3/7/2015
Palos Verdes
49 feet

Mating Black Dorids
Polycera atra

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/22, 1/250, ISO 200

3/8/2015
Palos Verdes
The Crane
55 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D750
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
105mm lens with a +5 Subsee diopter

3/6/2015
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
40 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D90
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens plus 1.4 teleconverter

3/7/2015
Point Loma
65 feet

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Nikon D300
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes 60mm lens with 10+ diopter
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

3/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
70 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

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

3/8/2015
Point Loma
Ancient Sea Cliffs
85 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Nikon D70
Nexus housing
Dual strobes
105mm lens

3/7/2015
Cortez Bank
70 feet

Southern Sea Palm
Eisenia arborea

Nikon D800
Nauticam housing
Dual Ikelite strobes
Sigma 15mm fisheye lens
f/8, 1/100, ISO 250

3/7/2015
Offshore San Diego
From the surface

Pacific White-sided Dolphins
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Canon 5d Mark ii
Aquatica housing
Ambient light

3/7/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot

A Windmill Worm in its tube
Praxillura maculata

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/20, 1/250

3/7/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Above the Yukon
30 feet

Tuna Crab
Pleuroncodes planipes

Canon t3i
Dual Inon Z240 strobes
100mm lens

3/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
29 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

iPhone 5

3/7/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot
15 feet

Highly cryptic Corambe steinbergae next to its food source

The bryozoan
Membranipora membranacea

Nikon D800
Dual YS-D1 strobes

3/8/2015
Redondo Beach
Veteran's Park
40 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead sheltering in a Kellett's Whelk shell
Neoclinus blanchardi

Canon 7D
Nauticam housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Canon 60mm lens

3/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Elixim 1080
Internal flash

3/8/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
100 feet

Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Sony a6000
Sola 1200 light

3/7/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
120 feet

Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi

Olympus E-PL3
Single YS-D1 strobe

3/8/2015
Point Loma

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Nikon D700
Ikelite housing
Dual DS51 strobes
60mm macro lens

3/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Above Secret Garden
90 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Nikon S1
Dual strobes

3/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
20 feet

The nudibranch
Cerberilla pungoarena

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash
Red Sola light

3/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon XA20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

3/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
115 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

On a Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 lights
60mm lens
f/22, 1/160, ISO 200

3/8/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

Diver Mike Liedblad

Sealife DC1400

3/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Octopus eating a clam
Octopus sp.

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
14-42mm lens

3/7/2015
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olypmus TG-2
Sola 800

3/7/2015
San Luis Obispo County
Point Buchon MPA
Buchon Pinnacle
80 feet

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Near California Hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus) and Club-tipped Anemones (Corynactis californica)

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing

3/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
North of Vallecitos Point

Juvenile California Sea Hare
Aplysia californica

Canon Elph 300

3/8/2015
Catalina Island
20 feet

tech diver practicing buoyancy control

Olympus E-PL3