2019 Great Outdoors Photo Contest Finalists

We received more than 600 submissions to the 2019 Great Outdoors Photo Contest. The contest drew an exceptional selection of images, making the judges’ job quite difficult, and now we’re happy to present the 22 finalist images in this slideshow.

Desert Shower

Photographer: Erin Mueller

Location: Bend, Oregon

Description: The high desert is my absolute favorite place. It had been mostly cloudy for most of the day. When I took this photo, the sun had begun to set and dropped below the cloud layer to create a rainbow on the hill.

DJI Mavic Pro drone. Exposure: 1/50 sec., f/2.2.