18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
Photograph by Jeff Kida
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT
Every month, we showcase some of the most talented photographers in the world. Now it's your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in the 2026 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.
Grand Prize
All expense 3-night stay at any ranch in the True Ranch Collection
All finalist photographs will be published online and in our September 2026 issue.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
Our contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. All photos must be made in Arizona and fit into the category of Landscape, Wildlife or Macro (close-up).
GALLERY
Displaying 13 - 24 of 1822
Photo by Hilda Maier
Bottoms Up! These American white pelicans are cooperatively herd feeding and it makes for comical poses.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.
Photo by Coleman Graves
This hummingbird entertained myself and my family on Christmas Eve 2024. This photo embraces the payoff from a hot summer. I was lucky to catch this shot in my own backyard.
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by Hilda Maier
The American white pelicans were preening and setting feathers and fluff free to float in the air. For a split second they stopped and gave me a look as if they were playing peek-a-boo.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.
Photo by Dave Hatton
Still Stormy Dawn
Location: Gold Canyon Peralta Trail
Photo by Dave Hatton
Grandad Saguaro - The multi-layered clouds appeared to follow the conducting of Grandad Saguaro and its companion Saguaro after the sun had set.
Location: Moore's Gulch
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Lucy’s Warbler hovers beside a blooming ocotillo at sunrise, capturing a brief moment of motion and color in the Arizona desert.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Dave Hatton
A stream gently meanders through a mist-laden grassy pasture near Sierra Blanca Lake.
Location: Alpine, Near Sierra Blanca Lake
Photo by Dave Hatton
Golden Hour Buck - A buck in full velvet headgear stares pensively in the direction of the setting sun after munching some grass.
Location: Sitgreaves National Forest near Alpine
Photo by Dave Hatton
Four Peaks/Red Mountain Sunrise - A rising sun bathes the landscape with golden hues before retreating above the threatening storm clouds.
Location: N. Beeline Hwy./Gilbert Rd. Junction
Photo by JOHN SPENCER MATTHEWS
Springtime rains bring snow to Four Peaks.
Location: Rio Verde, AZ
Photo by Dave Hatton
Sunset Rock Reflection - A sunburst sunset reflects perfectly off a cleanly broken rock surface along a popular hiking path at Piestewa Peak.
Location: Piestewa Peak
Photo by JOHN SPENCER MATTHEWS
Blue Heron
Location: CANYON LAKE