[an error occurred while processing this directive]

May 25, 2015

Ocean Sunfish eating By-the-Wind Sailors Mike Johnson

5/25/2015
Offshore La Jolla

An Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola

eating By-the-Wind Sailors
Velella velella

Nikon D600
Nikon 80-200mm lens

Placida cremoniana Aaron Halstead

5/23/2015
Catalina Island
Casino Point
85 feet

The Sacoglossan opisthobranch
Placida cremoniana

Nikon D90
60mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter

C-O Sole Herb Gruenhagen

5/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
65 feet

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

Sea & Sea 2G
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe

Stocky Hawkfish David R. Andrew

5/24/2015
Kauai, Hawaii
Koloa Landing

Stocky Hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys pinnulatus

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/16, 1/125, ISO 250

Target Shrimp and Octopus Jovan Shepherd

5/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
Crap Patch
55 feet

A Target Shrimp
Sicyonia penicillata

and a Red Octopus square off
Octopus rubescens

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
14-42mm lens

Hermissenda Mark Pidcoe

5/21/2015
La Jolla Cove
45 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Red Abalone Walter Heim

5/21/2015
Fort Bragg
15-20 feet

A lot of Red Abalone
Haliotis rufescens

Panasonic Lumix TZ5
Inon wide angle wet lens

Cadlina flavomaculata John H. Moore

5/23/2015
Scripps Canyon

Yellow-spotted Cadlina
Cadlina flavomaculata

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 400

Red Octopus Jonathan Lavan

5/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
45 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

Nikon D300
Subal housing
Single Ikelite 160 strobe
Sola 800 focus light
60mm lens

Garibaldi Gayle Van Leer

5/24/2015
San Clemente Island
30 feet

Guadalupe Cardinalfish
Apogon guadalupensis

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Beneath The Surface frame/tray with flex arms
Continuous lighting with two Sola lights

Octopus Justin Judd

5/24/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55-60 feeet

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Olympus EPL-2
Dual Olympus strobes
Light and Motion Sola 800 on red

Nurse Shark Jami Leslie Feldman

5/20/2015
Cozumel, Mexico
40 feet

Nurse Shark digging for food
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Black Grouper waiting for scraps
Mycteroperca bonaci

Canon T3i
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens
f/11, 1/125, ISO 200

Garibaldi and Zebra Perch Roger Uzun

5/20/2015
La Jolla Cove
3 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundis

Zebra Perch
Hermosilla azurea

GoPro Hero 4 Black
Natural light

Soupfin Shark Tiffany Poon

5/25/2015
La Jolla Cove
40 feeet

Soupfin Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sea & Sea YS-110a strobe

Moss Crab Steve Murvine

5/23/2015
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
Aft Gun Mount
75 feet

Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus

Strawberry Anemones
Corynactis californica

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes