Fluorescence Images by Chris Grossman

This is a second page of fluorescence images by Chris Grossman, who runs the diver .net web site. The pictures were taken on a night dive at Santa Rosa in the Channel Islands, 40 miles west of Ventura, California.

Technical details:

Camera: Olympus C5060

Housing: Olympus PT-027

Camera filter: NightSea barrier filter

Light source: Dual INON D-2000 strobes with NightSea exciter filters, supplemented by Underwater Kinetics Light Cannon with NightSea excitation filter

Exposure: Camera set at ISO 400, approximately f2.8.

 

All images © Chris Grossman

Tube-dwelling anemone, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
 

Club-tipped anemone, Corynactis californica and Fish-eating Urticina Urticina piscivora
 

Club-tipped anemone, Corynactis californica
 

Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
 

Sand-rose anemone, Urticina columbuana
 

Club-tipped anemone, Corynactis californica
 

Club-tipped anemone, Corynactis californica
 

Tube-dwelling anemone Pachycerianthus fimbriatus and ???
 

All images © Chris Grossman

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