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July 6, 2015

Kelp Gunnel Gayle Van Leer

7/3/2015
Point Loma
23 feet

Kelp Gunnel
Ulvicola sanctaerosae

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights

Balloonfish Weiwei Gao

7/5/2015
Mission Bay
25 feet

Balloonfish
Diodon holocanthus

credit to Mike Ayres for spotting this fish

Canon Elph 300

Polycera tricolor Heather Lippert

7/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
Upslope of Secret Garden
72 feet

Three-colored Dorid
Polycera tricolor

Nikon S1
Fishlight V25

Sanddab Aaron Halstead

7/3/2015
Laguna Beach
Deadman's Reef
50 feet

Sanddab
Citharichthys sp.

Nikon D90
Dual YS-110a strobes
105mm macro lens

San Diego Dorid David R. Andrew

7/2/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
115 feet

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens with Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Navanax Prof. Charles Tu

7/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
70 feet

Navanax
Navanax inermis

Sony RX100
Video light

Angel Statue Herb Gruenhagen

7/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
End of North Wall

The angel statue

Sea & Sea 2G
Single strobe
Wet wide-angle lens

Hermissenda Bob Austin

7/5/2015
Point Loma
80 feet

Horned Aeolid laying eggs
Hermissenda crassicornis

with a small White-spotted Dorid (right)
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Canon Powershot G16
Fantasea housing
Internal flash w/diffuser
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 500

Tube-dwelling Anemone Steve Gardner

7/3/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

An orange Tube-dwelling Anemone
Order Ceriantharia

Olympus C5050Z
Ikelite housing
Dual strobes

Sargo John H. Moore

7/3/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room reefs

Sargo
Anisotremus davidsoni

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

Purple Gorgonian Vanessa Homyak

7/4/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Purple Gorgonian (and diver's light!)
Eugorgia rubens

GoPro 4
Polar Pro macro lens

San Diego Dorid Brenda Bridgett

7/2/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Casio EX-Z 1080
Internal flash

T-shirt Merry Passage

7/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Above Garden Spot

Merry Passage shows off her Tuna Crab Swarm 2015 t-shirt

Nikon D700

Phyllidiopsis blanca Kevin Lee

7/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Little Reef
55 feet

White Phyllidid
Phyllidiopsis blanca

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Zebra Perch Roger Uzun

6/30/2015
La Jolla Cove
4 feet

Zebra Perch
Hermosilla azurea

GoPro Hero 4 Black
Ambient light

Octopus and Hermissenda Steve Murvine

7/4/2015
Point Loma

An Octopus
Octopus sp.

and many Horned Aeolids
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Simnia Christopher Huynh

7/5/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Simnia
Delonovolva aequalis

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe

Amphipod Merry Passage

7/3/2015
Palos Verdes
Little Reef
46 feet

The amphipod
Podocerus cristatus

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