Win a Prize of to £500 in the Weather Photographer of The Year competition from RMetS

The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) offers the opportunity to participate in the Weather Photographer of The Year competition and it's looking for the best photographs from around the world that depict weather in its widest sense. From weather phenomena to the impact of weather, the RMetS is looking for stunning images that showcase the sometimes dramatic, often fascinating impact and story of weather. 

About the Competition: 

The competition is divided into 2 categories: 

• Weather Photographer Of The Year.
• Young Weather Photographer Of The Year: The Royal Meteorological Society Young Weather Photographer of the Year Award (for photographers 17 and under only) aims to encourage and recognize the younger generation of weather photographers and is an important element of the competition's ethos.

Prizes: 

• 1st Place: Weather Photographer of the Year 2019 £500 cash and HERO7 Go Pro + one year membership with RMetS.
• 2nd Place: £250 cash + one year membership with RMetS.
• 3rd Place: £100 cash + one year membership with RMetS.
• Publics Winner: One year membership with RMetS.
• Young winner: Young Weather Photographer of the Year 2019 HERO7 Go Pro.
• Young runner up: One year membership with RMetS. 

Photographs Subject: 

For the Royal Meteorological Society’s Weather Photographer of the Year the RMetS is looking for images that capture the beauty, power, occasional absurdity and fragility in the face of human activity. This could include:

• clouds.
• precipitation such as rain, snow or hail.
• frost or ice.
• fog.
• optical phenomena such as rainbows, fogbows, halos, sundogs etc.
• lightning.
• tornadoes.

Images can also capture the impact of weather on people and their surroundings, such as:

• wind.
• floods.
• heatwaves.
• droughts.

Notes:

• The selectors will include a mix of meteorologists, photographers and photo editors who will look for work that combines photographic skill with meteorological observation.  And the competition is free to enter. 
• There are no individual subject categories to worry about; the judges will choose the image that impresses them most. And there is nothing preventing applicant from entering the main Weather Photographer of the Year competition too, as this competition has no age restriction.
• RMetS would encourage entries which show the milky way and the Aurora Borealis to also include some weather phenomena as on their own they are not weather related and there are other competitions which deal with astronomical subjects. 
• This competition will not consider images showing the longer-term impact of weather on the environment, landscapes or people, such as climate change

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