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
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Photo by Kohinoor Kar
Great Blue Heron quietly approaching to something that it found in water. Riparian Preserve.
Location: Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
Pelicans showing off their huge beak with a pouch. Riparian Preserve.
Location: Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
Pelican couples look very beautiful as they swim around in Riparian Preserve.
Location: Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
When Great Blue Heron is tired of sitting to catch a fish, it takes a power nap. Riparian Preserve.
Location: Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
Great Blue Heron sitting on a tree to catch fish from Riparian Preserve wetland.
Location: Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Hooded Oriole sweeps through the desert canopy at late sunrise, its golden head catching the first warm light of the Arizona morning.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Carolyn Cummins
Autumn colors at Watson Lake in November 2025.
Location: Trails at Watson Lake
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A pair of Pyrrhuloxias perched on a weathered cholla branch at late sunrise in southern Arizona, their soft colors glowing in the warm morning light.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
Three Gambel’s Quail gathered on a sunlit rock at late sunrise in southern Arizona, the warm morning light revealing their textures and colors as they paused together on the desert perch.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Thomas Johnson
Broad-tailed Hummingbird on a flower at the Grand Canyon
Location: North Rim Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Thomas Johnson
Evening Rainbow North Rim
Location: North Rim Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Jenna Stiles
Gloomy day at Lost Dutchman State Park
Location: Lost Dutchman State Park, Superstition Mountain