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 37 - 48 of 2012
Photo by Tom Bollinger
The Control Tower.
Location: Coyote Buttes South
Location: Coyote Buttes South
Photo by Devon S Matthews
The blooming Barrel Cactus and bug on the Empire Ranch of Sonoita Arizona.
Location: Sonoita
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A dark-winged dragonfly paused on a desert perch, its wings catching the midday light and revealing delicate detail against the soft, sunlit tones of southern Arizona.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Chris Bachler
Mallards at dusk
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A golden dragonfly balanced on a desert twig under the midday sun, its wings lit just long enough to show each delicate vein. A quiet moment of stillness in the Arizona heat.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A hummingbird hovers in the desert light, pausing mid-air as it snatches a tiny insect. Captured at 1/8000, the moment reveals the agility that sustains these small desert birds in AZ’s midday heat.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Jonathan Buford
The Verde River at the base of the Cedar Bench Wilderness had reached flood stage. The thick clouds broke for a moment and the heavens shined down upon the Fall scene I had previously lined up.
Location: Verde River
Photo by Caleb Burton
Neighborhood muley buck in Heber, AZ
Driving home I saw this buck along with four others in a draw
Location: Heber, AZ
Photo by William F. Hillman III
Monument Valley at sunset taken on June 9, 2018.
Location: Monument Valley.
Photo by Dorothy Love
Sunset over Thumb Butte
Location: Near Oatman
Photo by Dorothy Love
Lizard rock.
Location: Sedona
Photo by Johnstone
Full Moon Rising above Tempe Town Lake
Location: Mill Bridge Tempe