[Paul Domaille]

I've copied below details of a photo competition organised by The International Journal of Meteorology and TORRO. The competition is open not only to TORRO members but also to anyone attending the Autum conference. This is a great chance to show off your photographic skills, meet like minded people and have an educational day out plus a  sociable evening if you can stay a bit later  

TORRO in Association with The International Journal of Meteorology

Are proud to present the 2007 "Weather" photography exhibition and competition.

The exhibition of UK weather photographs will be held at the TORRO Autumn conference at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, on Saturday 20th October 2007.

Entry is free and open to all TORRO members and attendees at the conference. The subject is of course, weather. As this is the first exhibition held under the joint TORRO/IJMet banner the photographs may be from any date. Entry criteria are that the photographs must have been taken in the British Isles, they may be black and white or colour and presented as a print in any format up to 8" by 10" (traditional prints or good quality computer prints are acceptable).  Up to four different prints per entrant will be allowed. They must of course be the entrants own work and all prints will be judged under the single category of weather. Minor digital alterations to colours and contrast will be allowed, digital manipulation of subject matter will NOT be allowed.

We have some great prizes for the top three entrants

1st Prize: A £100 voucher for Jessops photographic stores.

2nd Prize: A copy of the book Storm Force featuring images from The IJMet and TORRO.

3rd Prize:  The first copy off the press of the IJMet 2008 calendar.

Judging will be by participants of the conference and prizes awarded at the close.

Entrants are invited to e-mail Paul Domaille at paul.domaille@torro.org.uk in the first instance, giving the number of images entered and the size. A posting address for prints will be e-mailed by return. It is hoped that entrants will be able to forward their prints by post at least two weeks prior to the conference, this will enable the exhibition to be set up before the conference opens. We will be able to accept a small number of entries before 10 am on the day, however space cannot be guaranteed.

Please reserve your space early as display area will be limited.

TORRO and the International Journal of Meteorology reserve the right to use any entry for publicity purposes with due accreditation. Entries may not be removed from the display before 4.15pm on the 20th October. TORRO and the IJMet will not be responsible for returning prints to entrants. In the event of any dispute the IJMet Editor's decision will be final.

[Paul Domaille]

Just a little reminder, one month to go for guaranteed entry. With a pretty unexciting forecast for the outlook period it may be  time to dig through those photo archives and pick out your best. You can even enter without having specific pics in mind, just let me know your intentions by e-mail to the above address.

Cheers,

Paul D

[PaulKn]

Bump!

[Paul Domaille]

I am pleased to announce that, courtesy of Newtweather.tv, the first prize now includes a full one year subscription to Netweather, giving acces to the whole site including 5 minute, 1km radar, a worthwhile prize on its own. Remember, the competition is open to any TORRO member or any non member who attends the conference...so lets see those entries rolling in.

Cheers

Paul D

[Andy Mayhew]

Sorting out my entries this weekend [y]

[Paul Domaille]

Due to requests we have increased the picture size limit to whatever you want, however should space become a problem, preference will be given will be given to A4 entries and larger formats may not get exhibited.

[Paul Domaille]

We have had a few entries now but would like a few more. With the uncertainties of the postal strike new entries will have to be bought along on the morning, but please e-mail me first so we can sort out space. Great prizes, so why not have a go :s  

[Paul Domaille]

Still room for a few more photographs folks, so if you are coming to the Conference, just bring them along.

Cheers

Paul D

[Andy Mayhew]

Hey Paul, don't say that: I want to win [hehe]

[Paul Domaille]

Cross my palm with Sil....err I mean it's the taking part and not neccesarily the winning Andy, however, good luck and that'll be two pints you owe me  ;)