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March 30, 2015

Green Sea Turtle and Harbor Seal Ralph Pace

3/26/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina

Canon 5D Mark II
YS-D1 strobes

Polycera hedgpethi Weiwei Gao

3/27/2015
La Jolla Shores
South side of Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Mating Polycera hedgpethi

Canon Elph 300

Zebra Goby Jovan Shepherd

3/29/2015
Scripps Canyon
90 feet

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens

Blackeye Goby John Nolan

3/28/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
50 feet

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Nikon D200
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens

California Sea Lion Roger Carlson

3/28/2015
Santa Barbara Island
70 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Olympus O-MD EM-1
Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens

Bignose Unicornfish Dr. Bill Bushing

3/24/2015
Palau
Blue Corner

Bignose Unicornfish
Naso vlamingii

Target Shrimp John H. Moore

3/27/2015
La Jolla Shores

Target Shrimp
Sicyonia penicillata

in the Sand Dollar beds
Dendraster excentricus

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

Manta Ray Debbie Karimoto

3/26/2015
Islas Revillagigedos, Mexico
San Benedicto Island
El Boiler

Diver Mark Strickland and a

Giant Pacific Manta Ray
Manta birostris

Canon G10
Inon strobes
f/5.6, 1/60

Black Sea Hare Roger Uzun

3/27/2015
Los Coronados
Lobster Shack
45 feet

Black Sea Hare
Aplysia vaccaria

Canon XA20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux Lights

Navanax Gayle Van Leer

3/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

A bunch of Navanax (mating?)
Navanax inermis

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

Orange Gorgonian Vanessa Homyak

3/23/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Orange Gorgonian
Adelogorgia phyllosclera

GoPro

Blue-ring Top Snail Mark Pidcoe

3/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
112 feet

Blue-ring Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Garibaldi Nirupam Nigam

3/28/2015
Anacapa Island
Inner Coral Reef
45 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Reefnet fiberoptic snoot
8mm Lumix fisheye lens

Swell Shark Jonathan Lavan

3/29/2015
Scripps Canyon
90 feet

Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes
105mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Haminoea vesicula Tiffany Poon

3/26/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Haminoea vesicula

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe

Chromodoris macfarlandi Herb Gruenhagen

3/29/2015
Scripps Canyon
North Branch
88 feet

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Felimida macfarlandi

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash