Jesús Osorio from Marbella won the XXXIII Campeonato de Andalucía de Fotografía Submarina (Anfosub 2021), which was held in La Herradura at the end of May.
We’ve chosen the winning photograph on the Front Page of July edition of the Costa Tropical/Seaside Gazette, which features his competition partner, Celia Padilla.
This is the sixth consecutive year that Jesús has won First Prize in the highly esteemed underwater photography competition held in La Herradura Bay each year, where specialists in submarine photography from all over the country compete.
The runner up prize went to Daniel Jesús Gómez Gómez/Sergio Ramírez Flores an the Third Prize was won by Fabián Álvarez Gómez. The Third Prize winner scored the exact amount of points as the Fourth Prize, Juan Francisco Erola Guzzo/ Aitor Erola. The Fifth and final prize when to Francisco Negrillo Sánchez/Carlos Maraver Albenca.
Finally, the Federación Española de Actividades Subacuáticas (FEDAS) has opted again to hold the Spanish Championships for underwater video (Campeonato de España de Vídeo Submarino 2021), in La Herradura between the 8th and 12th of September.
Editorial comment: the tiny village of La Herradura not only routinely holds one of the top underwater photography competitions in Spain each year, but also the international classical guitar competition Andrés Segovia – a truly admirable achievement.
(News: La Herradura, Costa Tropica, Granada, Andalucia)