Since 3 years ago Meteored launches its meteorological photography contest #MetContest24 in June in which amateurs and professionals from 11 countries They choose to take a professional weather station.
The contest takes place completely digitally, through Meteored’s social channels and in it Any person residing in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Portugal or Spain can participate..
It is a powerful tool to connect with a community of fans that numbers close to 200,000 people on social networks, including numerous photography enthusiasts and meteorology enthusiasts.
How to participate in the #MetContest24?
Participating is very simple, it is not even necessary to be present on social networks to do so. Just send the image with a minimum quality of 300 dpi to the email enabled for the contest: [email protected]. The email must also include the following information: name of the author, title, place where it was taken, and the author’s Instagram username (if available). Example: “Yolanda Silviera. Title: Relentless Lightning. London. Instagram @usert.” Consult the contest rules for more details.
The deadline for receiving images begins on June 24 and ends on July 7, 2024. Voting will take place until July 14 on Instagram.
As a curiosity, This year the bases have had to be modified to make express reference to AI, because in previous editions some attempt at the participation of images created with artificial intelligence, totally or partially, was detected, and it is expected that this year, when this technology has become much more democratized, the attendance of this type of images could be even greater . So the bases this year make it clear that Only natural images, not altered or created with AI, can participate in the contest.
Choosing the winning photo: teamwork
The selection of the winning photograph is made in Two phases. The first takes place on social networks, where Users vote through “likes” and the 10 images with the most votes are chosen as finalists.
Here lies another of the novelties of this edition, because, unlike previous years, lVoting will take place exclusively on Instagram. The social network of images par excellence will be the place where you can vote on the images that will be published both with the global profile of Meteored and in the country of residence of the author.
Once the network voting phase is over, The 10 images with the most “likes” will become the finalists and will be sent to a jurymade up of members of Meteored’s international news team, who will choose the winning image of this edition, which It will be announced on July 22, 2024.
The author of the winning image will receive a professional weather station, equipped with outdoor solar energy sensor, rain collector, wind indicator, UV radiation meter and humidity sensor. In addition to an LCD screen and wireless technology that allows you to transmit data through a Wi-Fi connection.
