11/1/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
8 feet

Diver Rick Stump

Nikon D90
Ambient light
Tokina 10-17mm lens

11/6/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

A juvenile Star-studded Grouper (2-3 inches)
Hyporthodus niphobles

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens

11/2/2015
Santa Cruz Island
40 feet

A strange color morph on an Opaleye
Girella nigricans

Olympus OMD EM5
Ambient light
Panasonic 8mm lens

11/8/2015
Scripps Canyon
90 feet

California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
Panasonic Lumix G 8mm lens

11/8/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
NOSC Tower
60 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Olympus E-PL3
Dual Sea & Sea YS-02 strobe

11/8/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
75 feet

Diver Shaun Halvax in the 2nd Deck passage

Canon G-15
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes

11/8/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
110 feet

Mating Porter's Chromodorids
Felimare porterae

Nikon S1
YS-03 Strobe, V25 Fishlight

11/8/2015
Scripps Canyon
90 feet

MacFarland's Chromodorid
Felimida macfarlandi

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

11/7/2015
Point Loma
99 feet

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with SubSee +5 Diopter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

11/8/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
110 feet

Purple Gorgonian
Eugorgia rubens

GoPro 4

11/8/2015
Farnsworth Bank
105 feet

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Canon 7D
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10 mm

11/8/2015
Scripps Canyon
95 feet

Zebra Goby
Lythrypnus zebra

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite 160 strobes on half
SOLA 800 focus light
60mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

11/7/2015
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
20 feet

A school of California Barracuda (background)
Sphyraena argentea

with a school of Blacksmith (foreground)
Chromis punctipinnis

Olympus TG-3
Ambient light

11/8/2015
La Jolla Cove
30 feet

A tight, polarized school of Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Single (working!) Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens
f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 400

11/3/2015
Florida Keys
Looe Key
20 feet

Goliath Grouper
Epinephelus itajara

Sony Nex5
Ambient light

11/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
68 feet

Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Nikon D700
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
60mm lens
f/7.1, 1/200, ISO 200