Since 2009 the EMS is running the European photo competition on meteorological phenomena – Europhotometeo (EPM). The competition is managed by an organising committee chaired by the coordinator Fernando Bullón (AME). The winning entries are determined by the votes of a jury consisting of the Presidents of all EMS Member Societies and the members of the EMS Council.
Browse the EPM2022 Photo Gallery .
Gigante entre molinos
Cumulonimbus capillatus incus located at 110 km, over Utiel (Valencia), photographed from Santa María del Campo Rus (Spain).
Location: Santa María del Campo Rus (Cuenca) – España
Date: 29/08/2021
Equipment: CCanon EOS R5 + Objetivo Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM + adaptador objetivo EF-RF
Lenticulares al atardecer
Sky with lenticular multicolor clouds during the sunset.
Location: Manlleu,Osona, Barcelona
Date:29/12/2021
Equipment: Sony ILCE-7M2 recortada 4118×2790 EX1/8seg. en f/9 distancia focal 38mm ISO100
Find alle top ten winners below.
Congratulations to all the winners of the competition! They have submitted faboulus photos!
Thunderstorm over Cannes Bay – France
by Serge Zaka
Location: Cannes
Date: 04/08/2020
Equipment: Canon 7D
To enjoy the photos selected for the gallery: The Europhotometeo 2022 Photo Gallery.
Gigante entre molinos
Cumulonimbus capillatus incus located at 110 km, over Utiel (Valencia), photographed from Santa María del Campo Rus (Spain).
Location: Santa María del Campo Rus (Cuenca) – España
Date: 29/08/2021
Equipment: CCanon EOS R5 + Objetivo Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM + adaptador objetivo EF-RF
Lenticulares al atardecer
Sky with lenticular multicolor clouds during the sunset.
Location: Manlleu,Osona, Barcelona
Date:29/12/2021
Equipment: Sony ILCE-7M2 recortada 4118×2790 EX1/8seg. en f/9 distancia focal 38mm ISO100
Cloudy bridge
At the same time a tornado was raging in southern Moravia. Nature has endless faces.
Location: Žernov, královéhradecký kraj, Czech Republic
Date: 24/06/2021
Equipment: Sony a7RIII + sony FE 35/1,8 + tripod Vanguard VEO 2 235AB + Photoshop Lightroom + Panorama 10 shots
Diamond dust halo complex
Very nice diamond dust halo complex in Czech republic near Klínovec, Krušné hory, temperature about -6°C.
Location: Krušné hory, Klínovec
Date: 10/01/2021
Equipment: Nikon D7200 + Samyang 8mm/f3.5 UMC CSII
The Encounter – The Ashby, MN EF4 Tornado
One of the most powerful encounters I’ve ever had with a tornado! Wish there was more space to tell the story!
Location: Ashby, Minnesota
Date: 08/07/2020
Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with a Sigma 35mm 1.4
Bride veil
This photography was taken on a late autumn morning, from my home office window.
Location: City of Petrila, Hunedoara County, Romania
Date: 02/11/2021
Equipment: Camera: Sony ILCE-7M2 + Photo lens: SIGMA 100-400
Connection
On Nov 4th 2021 we had one of the most beautiful storms I’ve ever seen in BCN, featuring a waterspout and some insane bolts.
Location: Barcelona, up from a hill called Turó de la Rovira
Date: 04/11/2021
Equipment: Sony a7r IV + Tamron 70-180 2.8 at 135mm + Manfrotto tripod
Volcanic pyrocumulus at sunrise
When the eruption was intense and the atmospheric conditions were favorable, an impressive pyrocumulus formed.
Location: La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)
Date: 05/11/2021
Equipment: Sony a7riii + Tamron 150-500mm
Ještěd hill above low clouds
Incredible sunrise scene during inversion-type weather, when the Ještěd hill was only few meters above the low clouds.
Location: Ještěd hill near Liberec town, Czech Republic
Date: 26/11/2020
Equipment: Hasselblad of DJI Mavic Pro 2
Arco de niebla
After seeing the sunrise over an immense sea of clouds in Alto Gamoniteriro, when I descended and immersed myself in the mist.
Location: Alto Gamoniteiro, Asturias, España.
Date: 11/07/2020.
Equipment: Canon EOS6D + EF 16-35 f/4L
Parámetros: 16 mm, ISO-100, f/10, 1/250 seg
Castle over the sea
Sunset at the castle. The castle is a few metres over the fog and the sunlight is shining from the left.
Location: Füssen – Germany
Date: 15/12/2021
Equipment: Nikon d810 + Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 + rollei stativ + HY ND1000 Filter
Worlds End
Huge Mammatus clouds over a small village in bavaria before sunset.
Location: Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Date: 21/07/2019
Equipment: Nikon D810 with Sigma 14mm 1.8 lense. Rollei lion rock 20 Tripod
Green Sky
Awesome Northern Lights captured in Iceland, in November 2018, in the vicinity of a river, on a cold night at -7ºc: great show.
Location: Island
Date: 02/11/2018
Equipment: Canon EOS 6D MARKII, objetive SIGMA 14MM F/1,8, external trigger, tripod
December morning
Hoarfrost after the freezing fog.
Location: Lower Austria
Date: 16/12/2018
Equipment: Fuji Xe 1
Tatry mountains in the clouds
I was delighted to see the mountains surrounded by clouds at sunrise.
Location: Tatry Mountains, Poland
Date: 14/12/2018
Equipment: Canon 5DIV, 28 mm, Canon 24-70, 1/160 sec, 2.8, ISO 8000
Rocks and clouds
Aerial shot flying over Montserrat Mountain in Catalonia with Cessna 172 N at 3.500 feet the last 30th April 2019 at evening.
Location: Montserrat Mountain, Catalonia, Spain
Date: 30/04/2019
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II with Canon Lens EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/320 sec., f/5,6 at 45 mm, ISO 100
Zeus over Athens
A very active single – cell storm moved towards Athens city on 12/06/2019 …
Location: Athens, Greece
Date: 12/06/2019
Equipment: Nikon D7200 , 13 sec, single shot, ISO 100 , f/8, FL: 55mm, Lense: Nikkor 55-200mm f/4 – 5.6, Benro tripod
Mysterious Clouds
It is a photograph of Mt. Fuji in Japan.
A mysterious cloud appears around Mt. Fuji.
Location: Fujinomiya, Japan
Date: 24/09/2019
Equipment: Sony ILCE-7M3, FE16-35mm F4 ZA OSS
Cream Topping
The Zugspitze with a crown
Location: Ehrwald to Tyrol, Austria
Date: 31/07/2018
Equipment: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 4/17-40 mm L
Snowflake in the moss
Very nice structured snowflake in the snow shower in Czech Republic, -3°C
Location: Podbořany, Czech Republic
Date: 11/01/2019
Equipment: Nikon D7200 + 12mm+20mm extension tube, reverse ring and nikkor 35mm/f2.0 Af-D
Storm of Hope
A man relaxing by the sea, without seeming to care about the approaching huge storm front.
Location: Porto Sant Elpidio, Italy
Date: 02/10/2019
Equipment: Canon 80D; Canon EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Clouds coming: The scenery from the top of the mountains was extremely changeable. It was different from one second to the next. Everything around me was moving fast. We conducted a series of frames but it seems that the best complements heaven and earth.
Location: French Alps
Date: 2014-03-02
Equipment: Nikon D5000 + Nikon AF-S 70-300mm
Storm: After scouting locations I liked this because of the strong waves that passed behind the lighthouse.
Location: Cantabria, Spain
Date: 2015-02-15
Equipment: Nikon D810, 400mm 5.6 Tokina, tripodManfrato
Path of trade winds
Location: Canary Islands
Date: 2014-04-24
Equipment: Canon 500 D + tripode
Mediterranean Winter Monster
Location: Montgat (Barcelona), Spain
Date: 2015-01-02
Equipment: Camera: Canon EOS 550d/ Optics: Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f1.8
The perfect supercell: Magic evening with a wonderful isolated LP supercell at the blue hour.
Location: Kansas, near Selden
Date: 2015-06-04
Equipment: Canon 7D Mark II + Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Asperitas clouds over Tenerife: Impressive asperitas clouds were observed from Izaña Atmospheric Observatory.
Location: Izaña Atmospheric Observatory, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Date: 2015-11-30
Equipment: Pentax K-5 II f8 1/60 88mm
Cuillin rainbow: This perfect rainbow appeared during a short break in one of the many rain showers.
Location: Isle of Skye, UK
Date: 2014-10-24
Equipment: Nikon D800 DSLR, 17-35mm lens, polariser and ND grad filters
Orogenic clouds at sunset in Es Vedra Island (Ibiza).
Location: Cala d’Hort – Ibiza Island – Spain
Date: 2015-12-19
Equipment: Nikon D7000, nikon 17-55 mm, tripod.
Nubes fantasma: I took the picture of these clouds on a cold wave in the Pirenees when …
Location: Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain)
Date: 2015-02-08
Equipment: Canon 6D, canon 16-35 f/2’8 II, polarized filter, tripod, ND -0’6
1000 meters above sea level
Location: Málaga, Spain
Date: 2015-01-05
Equipment: Nikon D700+Sigma DG 17-35 2.8-4 and tripod
Snow-Cloud directly over Lake Constance: That was a very special Cloud-Formation over Lake Constance –
Location: above Rorschacherberg, Switzerland
Date: 2013-02-09
Equipment: Nikon D800 / Nikon 17-35 f/2.8 by 17mm, no Filters
Lightning alley: Just before midnight, the sky has become awesome!
Location: Chemin Jura France
Date: 2013-06-19
Equipment: Canon 5d mark3 17-40mm
Aurora Borealis over Jökulsarlon
Location: Jökulsarlon, Iceland
Date: 2013-03-03
Equipment: Nikon D800, Nikkor 14-18mm/2.8, Gitzo Tripod, Remote Control
Lunar Halo: Lunar Halo – an amazing natural phenomenon.
Location: Russia, Murmansk region, the Upper Reservoir.
Date: 2013-12-31
Equipment: Nikon D-800
Apocalypse Bow
Location: Mérignac, France
Date: 2013-12-13
Equipment: Canon EOS 6D with lens Canon 24-105 mm
Rough sea: A giant wave during a seastorm in Italy.
Location: Varigotti, Italy
Date: 2014-01-08
Equipment: Canon Eos 5dMkII, Canon Ef 70-200 f/4L USM
Magic Morning
Location: Rarau Mountains, ROMANIA
Date: 2014-01-14
Equipment: Nikon D5000, Tamron 70-300 mm, PLC filter, tripod.
Ground Halo: The photo shows an unusual ground halo, not previously seen by me.
Location: Loch Kinord, near Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 2013-11-29
Equipment: Canon EOS500D camera with 25mm lens at f/11 and 1/400s
The independence day: While on storm chasing expeditions in the Tornado Alley in USA …
Location: Julesburg, Colorado, USA
Date: 2013-11-15
Equipment: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Canon 24-105mm L f/4 IS USM
Cosmic Snake: Aurora gently meandering towards the norwegian sea.
Location: Kvaløya Island, near Tromsø, Norway
Date: 2014-01-09
Equipment: Sony Alpha 700, Tamron 17-50
The Land of Fairy Tales
Location: AsiagoPlateau, Italy
Teide Hat
Loacation: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Broken Spectre from the Cliffs of Moher
Location: Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland
