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September 4, 2012

Mark Pidcoe

9/3/2012
La Jolla Shores
South Walls
65 feet

Diver Jovan Shepherd watches a

Pyrosoma atlanticum

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual Intova ISS4000 strobes
15mm adapter lens

Gayle Van Leer

9/1/2012
Point Loma
70 feet

Two Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

share a
Pyrosoma atlanticum

Nikon P7000
Fantasea housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200

Tracy Clark

8/31/2012
Mission Bay

The nudibranch
Limacia cockerelli

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
60mm lens

Brian McHugh

9/3/2012
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
55 feet

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Nikon D7000
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 200

Ryan Mable

8/31/2012
La Jolla Shores
4 feet

Topsmelt
Atherinops affinis

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Natural light

Jim Swanson

9/1/2012
Puget Sound, Washington
Edmond's Underwater Park

The nudibranch
Dirona albolineata

Olympus Stylus 770

Nick Utschig

9/2/2012
Catalina Island
Black Rock

Diver Thomas Hagan in the kelp forest

Herb Gruenhagen

9/3/2012
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Two Hermissenda crassicornis,

one on a Sea Pansy
Renilla koellikeri

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal strobe

Phil Garner

9/3/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
65 feet

Diver Merry Passage and a

Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

Nikon D700
f/11, 1/80

Merry Passage

9/3/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
60 feet

The jellyfish
Scrippsia pacifica

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Nikon 60mm
f/14, 1/250

David Andrew

8/28/2012
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
75 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes,
Tokina 10-17 lens,
f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 400

Kevin Lee

9/3/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck

Octopus guarding eggs
Octopus sp.

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens + 1.4 teleconverter

Walt Conklin

8/27/2012
Monterey, California
Point Lobos State Park
35 feet

Two "Hopkin's Rose" nudibranchs
Okenia rosacea

Panasonic Lumix TS-3
10mm lens
f/4.9, 1/60, ISO 400

Steve Murvine

9/3/2012
Point Loma
Main Channel
85 feet

Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis

Black-and-Yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chrysomelas

Canon G9
Canon housing
Sea & Sea YS02 strobe

John H. Moore

9/1/2012
La Jolla
Mount Soledad

Sunrise moonset behind the Mount Soledad Cross