Sardina Photosub Competition

This year we could dive in Sardina and Caleta six days whenever we wanted but had to download pictures everyday and could only shoot 60 jpg shots without deleting (360 total shots but if you miss one day you lose that download). Cameras were closed and then two security stickers were put on them so participants could not open them until the next download. This year the competition included 12 independent categories of which we won 7 plus a Best of Show Cuzco Award (this one voted by the participants) that we also won:

Category and winner:

Best of Show Cuzco Award: Luisa and I!

Wide angle with "The Anchor" (an old anchor from the dive): Arturo Telle / Teté Rodriguez

Wide angle with diver: Juan Ramón Marcelino / María José Rodriguez

Wide angle with gorgonian: Arturo Telle / Teté Rodriguez

Wide angle in the caves of Caleta: Luisa and I

Wide angle without diver: Luisa and I

Wide angle "Diving as a sport" with two or more divers: Us with Luisa´s sister Elena.

Creative: José Ignacio García Figuero / Lola

Seahorse picture: Luisa and I

Macro (not fish): Luisa and I

Complete fish: Carmelo Andrades / Yolanda García

Frogfish picture: Luisa and I

Fish portrait: Luisa and I

The Best of Show was given to our Seahorse picture!

Winning pictures (in the same order as above, just click on the categories):

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/

In the end we won 5.800 euros but decided (it was Luisa´s idea) to donate the 1.000 euros won with the BOS award to an NGO:

http://www.mantay.org/espanol/

for underage, mistreated peruvian mothers, an NGO for which some friends have worked for.

Newspapers:

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=129104

http://www.laprovincia.es/secciones/notici...FotosSub-Galdar

http://www.navegandoporlasislas.com/velaLi...on=Submarinismo

http://www.navegandoporlasislas.com/noticiasMgr.php?id=1090

Video of the ceremony:

http://www.navegandoporlasislas.com/visorMgr.php?media=1415

The twelve pictures we entered:

WA anchor:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-13.jpg

WA with model:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p...s/picture-1.jpg

WA with gorgonian:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p...picture-106.jpg

WA in the caves of Caleta:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p...picture-122.jpg

WA without model:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p...picture-123.jpg

Wide angle "Diving as a sport" with two or more divers:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-86.jpg

Creative:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p...picture-107.jpg

Seahorse picture:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-53.jpg

Macro (not fish):

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-21.jpg

Complete fish:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-33.jpg

Frogfish picture:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-19.jpg

Fish portrait:

http://www.galdaropenfotosub.com/galeria/p.../picture-22.jpg

That seahorse shot is superb!

Congratulations David; you guys were quite dominant. How many people entered?

Thank you both! there were 17 photographers in the competition.