Weather Photographer of the year 2021 open to entries.
There are many Photography competitions covering all genres, from Landscape, Street, Wildlife, Architecture and the list goes on and on. Landscape photography is the genre I focus on, I just love getting out there and do my best to get the image I envisioned in my head over and over again. I think it is being outside and looking at your natural surroundings, listening to the birds or the flowing river or the wind rushing through the trees, or the clouds forming intriguing patterns in the sky. And it is weather that shapes it all, and if you are lucky and/or very good at your photography some great images can be caught which makes this competition really exciting to me.
This is the winning image from 2019 by Gareth Mon Jones.
The correct title is the Royal Meteorological Society’s ‘Weather Photographer of the Year 2021’and it is a competition run in association with AccuWeather,
This is the 6th year the competition has been run and the it is open to entries now.
Timeline
The competition is open to entries from 29th April 2021, with the closing date on 29th June 2021.
Judging will take place on 1 July 2021 to 29 July 2021 with the shortlist announced on 26 August 2021, as well as the professional judging panel there will be the chance for the general public to vote for their favourite image, with the public vote taking place between 26 August 2021 to 23 September 2021 for the short listed entries, with the winners announced on 16 October 2021 (WeatherLive).
2nd place in 2020 went to Vu Trung Huan with 'Tea Hills'
3rd place in 2020 went to Maja Kraljik with 'Monster'
There are three categories this year, these being:
Weather Photographer of the year 2021
Young Weather Photographer of the year 2021
And new this year, Weather Photographer of the year (mobile phone)
You can enter 5 images in each of the above mentioned categories and entry to the competition is free.
The prizes for each category are as follows :
Weather Photographer of the Year
1st Place
'Weather Photographer of the Year 2021'
£500 cash
Public winners 1st place went to Alexey Trofimov with 'Baikal Treasure'
$350 voucher for REI*
Copy of WPOTY book
One year membership with RMetS
2nd place
£250 cash
Copy of WPOTY book
One year membership with RMetS
3rd place
£100 cash
Copy of WPOTY book
One year membership with RMetS
Public Vote Winner
Copy of WPOTY book
One year membership with RMetS
Young Weather Photographer of the Year
Public vote 3rd place in 2020 went to Joann Randles with 'Under The Rainbow'
Winner
'Young Weather Photographer of the Year 2021'
$350 voucher for REI*
Copy of WPOTY book
One year membership with RMetS
Runner-up
'Smart Phone Smart Photography'
by judge Jo Bradford (signed copy)
One year membership with RMetS
Weather Photographer of the Year (Mobile Phone)
3rd place in 2020 went to Elena Salvai
Winner
£500 cash
$350 voucher for REI*
'Smart Phone Smart Photography'
by judge Jo Bradford (signed copy)
One year membership with RMetS
Runner-up
£250 cash
'Smart Phone Smart Photography'
by judge Jo Bradford (signed copy)
One year membership with RMetS
As you can see there have been some mighty good images entered here in the past and now is the chance for you to join that list of winners or just enjoy entering, you can enter by clicking this link to Photocrowd.com all the instructions to enter are there. Good Luck.
Weather Photographer of the Year 2021
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