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April 13, 2015

Spiny Brittle Star Jonathan Lavan

4/11/2015
Off San Pedro
Oil Rig Eureka
80 feet

Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Ikelite 160s at full
60mm lens with 10+ diopter
f/10, 1/200, ISO 200

Giant Kelpfish David R. Andrew

4/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
60 feet

Juvenile Giant Kelpfish
Heterostichus rostratus

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Yellowfin Fringehead Jim Lyle

4/10/2015
Palos Verdes
The Crane

Yellowfin Fringehead
Neoclinus stephensae

Olympus OMD-EM5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens set on macro (43mm) with 15x dioptre

Garibaldi and Green Abalone John H. Moore

4/11/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
8 feet

A juvenile Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

guarding a Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/11, 1/200, ISO 400

Simnia Margaret Webb

4/11/2015
Redondo Beach
The Barge
70 feet

the underside of a Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Nikon D750
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes
105mm lens
f/25, 1/250

Simnia John Nolan

4/11/2015
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

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

Red Gorgonian Brenda Bridgett

4/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Casio Elixim 1080
Internal flash

California Golden Gorgonian Mark Pidcoe

4/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
85 feet

Polyps on a California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes
60mm 1:1 macro lens

Pipefish Weiwei Gao

4/9/2015
La Jolla Shores
North of Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Canon Elph 300

Doriopsilla spaldingi Vanessa Homyak

4/12/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
112 feet

Spalding's Dorid
Doriopsilla spaldingi

iPhone 5

Dendronotus iris Mike Ayres

4/11/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Rainbow Dendronotus
Dendronotus iris

Canon S110
Internal flash
f/5, 1/250, ISO 100

Dendronotus venustus Merry Passage

4/12/2015
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
63 feet

A juvenile Branched Dendronotus
Dendronotus venustus

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens with +10 diopter
f/29, 1/250, ISO 200

Polycera hedgpethi Kevin Lee

4/11/2015
Palos Verdes
Vicente Point
Little Reef
60 feet

Hedgpeth's Dorid
Polycera hedgpethi

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Dragonfly Gayle Van Leer

4/12/2015
Ocala, Florida

A Dragonfly

Phidiana hiltoni John Duddy

4/11/2015
Point Loma
South of the Main Wall
100 feet

Hilton's Aeolid
Phidiana hiltoni

Sony NEX-5n
Nauticam housing
Single Ikelite DS-51 strobe
30mm macro lens

Flabellina trilineata Herb Gruenhagen

4/12/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
65 feet

Three-lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal flash

Navanax and Spanish Shawl Roger Uzun

4/7/2015
La Jolla Shores
80 feet

A Navanax
Navanax inermis

hunting a Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon XA20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux Lights

Aegires albopunctatus Phil Garner

4/11/2015
Palos Verdes
Vicente Point
Little Reef

White-spotted Dorid
Aegires albopunctatus

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/16, 1/250

Acanthodoris rhodoceras Jovan Shepherd

4/10/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Red-tipped Dorid
Acanthodoris rhodoceras

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

Big Surf Clint Anderson

4/12/2015
La Jolla Shores

Not a great day for students!

Nikon D5300
300mm lens