11/14/2015
Santa Barbara Island
Brittle Star Reef
65 feet

California Spiny Lobsters
Panulirus interruptus

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Dual Ikelite 160 strobes on full
10.5mm lens
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

11/15/2015
Newport Beach
Near Newport Pier

A juvenile Star-studded Grouper (1.5 inches)
Hyporthodus niphobles

Canon 7D MkII
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
8-15mm lens

11/14/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room reefs
12 feet

Largemouth Blenny
Labrisomus xanti

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens
f/8, 1/200, ISO 400

11/15/2015
Laguna Beach
Wood's Cove
25 feet

Yellowtail
Seriola lalandi

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes

11/14/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon PowerShot SD750
Internal flash

11/15/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
115 feet

Treefish
Sebastes serriceps

Nikon S1
Single Sea & Sea YS-03 strobe
V25 Fishlight

11/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
24 feet

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

11/14/2015
Newport Beach
Newport Pier
20 feet

Diamond Turbot
Hypsopsetta guttulata

Canon G10
Inon D2000 strobe

11/15/2015
La Jolla
Boundary Wall
120 feet

Orange Gorgonian
Adelogorgia phyllosclera

...and diver Heather Lippert

GoPro 4

11/13/2015
La Jolla Shores
Near Vallecitos Point

A swimming Two-spot Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides

Canon XA-20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

11/15/2015
Farnsworth Bank
90 feet

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Olympus E-PL3
Dual Sea & Sea YS-2 strobes

11/15/2015
Santa Barbara Island
Brittle Star Reef
60 feet

Spiny Brittle Stars
Ophiothrix spiculata

Canon 70D
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10 mm

11/15/2015
La Jolla Cove
8 feet

A school of Kelp Perch
Brachyistius frenatus

Above Surf Grass
Phyllospadix sp.

Olympus TG-2

11/14/2015
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Diver Marla Matin in the kelp

Canon G-15
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes

11/14/2015
Point Loma Kelp
70 feet

A school of Rubberlip Seaperch
Rhacochilus toxotes

in the Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Canon 7D
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens
f/8, 1/160, ISO 250

11/12/2015
San Luis Obispo County
Pecho Coast
70 feet

A juvenile Calico Rockfish
Sebastes dallii

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Internal flash
f/4.5, 1/100, ISO 320