RTÉ Weather Photo Competition

Develop your photographic talents...

Please note that the RTÉ Weather Photo Competition is now closed.

Below is for information purposes only. You may not enter at this time.

General information

Shoot the breeze or any other element of the weather that takes your fancy and you could be the next lucky person to have your photograph used as the backdrop for RTÉ Weather bulletins!

Develop your photographic talents and enter a photograph which best encapsulates some aspect of Autumn in Ireland. Your image could capture Urban and City scenes, Landscapes, Landmarks, Wildlife (Animal), Sea, and beyond! One winner and five runners up from the season will have their photographs selected to provide the backdrop for RTÉ Weather's on-screen broadcasts. Why not share something that caught your eye, made you gasp in awe or simply gave you a giggle and your photograph could set the scene for RTÉ Weather bulletins.

You can see the winner and runners-up from the previous RTÉ Weather Photo Competition here.

To give you the best chance of winning, and to make sure that the photographs will work as part of the weather bulletins, we have put together a few guidelines and pointers for you.

What to photograph

Photographs may be taken in any Irish location and can have a seasonal theme. The winning photographs will be on screen at the same time as the weather presenters so it is best not to include recognisable people or brands and to keep the focal point of the picture on the right hand side. Only colour photographs in a landscape format and only medium to wide shots are acceptable. A panel of judges nominated by RTÉ will select winners and their decision is final. Amateur photographers only may enter.

How to enter

RTÉ Weather Photo competition is now closed.

Entries can only be accepted attached to an email and only one entry per person is allowed. The photo for entry must be titled using the photographer's name. The minimum size of each photograph entered must be 2,400 x 3,000 pixels in digital format or have a file size of at least 1.5mb. All entries should give a description and location of the photo, plus the name, address and daytime contact phone number of the photographer, along with the date the photo was taken. Please ensure that the entry email should have the photographers name as the subject title.

Please email your photographs to weatherphoto@rte.ie

You'll also find full details on RTÉ Aertel page 167.

Prizes

The Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter winners will be invited a prize-giving in 2010 and will receive prizes specially chosen for the event. Also, an overall yearly winner will be chosen at this event by an invited judge and a specially commissioned trophy will be presented to the winner.

Please note: Photographs submitted as entries may be selected by RTÉ to feature in RTÉ television weather broadcasts and the owners of those selected photographs agree to their broadcast in this way and also agree that RTÉ may use these selected broadcast photographs on the RTÉ Website, in the RTÉ Guide, at RTÉ Weather Photographic exhibitions and the RTÉ Weather calendar.