Photo Contest

Show Us What You Capture Outdoors

Got a great photo from your latest hike, paddle, or outdoor adventure?
Enter our Photo Contest and share your outdoor moments with the community! This contest is open exclusively to members, and winners will be featured in our gallery and social media.

Contest Details

  • Theme: Best Wild Bird Photo
  • Who Can Enter: Members only – Log in to Participate
  • Winners: Photo featured in our gallery, plus fun prizes
  • Judging: All photos will be submitted to our Facebook page where we will let our followers vote to decide the winners!
  • Facebook Link: Imagine Outdoors
  • Rules: Only one photo submission per month, per user

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Member Gallery

See what others have captured!

Eagle in Flight

A bald eagle flying from a pine tree

Liberty, justice and freedom

These three Bald eagle babies grew up at my work place(state park SD) and we have a contest each year to name the babies and last year we had Liberty,Justice, […]

OBX resident Gull

Great Black Backed Gull taken in September 2024 in the OBX

Blue Jay in tree

Blue Jay in tree taken in my front yard.

Yellowstone

a quick swim

Bear in Grandma’s tree

Traversing Fox

This photo was taken while sitting on Gunflint Lake. I set out that morning in hopes of seeing the otter I had seen the day before near the open water […]

Doe on the Open Prairie

A deer in the prairie.

Winter Visitors at Dusk

Deer running through my neighborhood.

Foxes

Bighorn sheep

Moose flower

Cow moose in a Canola field in bloom.

Chickadee Landing

Chickadee landed on my daughter’s finger during a hike

Reeling in the cold

An angler fishing on the Mississippi in December during and amazing sunset and cold air temperatures, creating a beautiful sea smoke in the water.

Saguaro cactus ready for the night

this was taken in Tucson, just before dark, 2 Saguaro cactus ready for bed

Great Adventures

2020 BWCA Duncan Lake

Eerily Beautiful

Finding beauty on a cold, gloomy day in Northern MN

Family Skate

All ages and sizes enjoying a winter day on the rink.

When I grow up…

My two boys on our fence overlooking our cow pasture

Beautiful Sky Behind Iron Man Statue

Iron Man Statue in Chisholm, Mn with a beautiful sky in the afternoon.

Wilderness Coffee

Coffee tastes better over the fire!

Frosty Sunset Lake Minnetonka

Taken from the end of the road in Cottagewood, a beautiful and frosty sunset

Winter on the Farm

Beautiful winter day on our farm in Bagley, MN

Frozen Lake Sunrise

Toddler friends building a snowman

My toddler and his friend building a snowman. The pure simple joys of winter and snow.

Winter’s Path in Warm Light

Hiking at Elm Creek

Bounding Deer in Corn Field

Deer leaping over corn stalk in winter.

A Snowy Respite

I had a peaceful walk at the Riverbend Nature Center In Faribault. These ducks were enjoying a snowy respite along the riverbank.

Winter’s Grip

Sunrise and icicles captured through a handrails at McQuade Safe Harbor, Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota.

Coon creek, coon rapids minnesota

Winter life in coin rapids Minnesota

Snowy Tree

Fresh snow rests on our maple’s bare branches, catching the light against a clear blue winter sky. One of those moments when everything briefly stands still.

Winter sunset

Photo of sunset from my driveway in wi

Winter Sunset

First snowfall

First snowfall in favorite camping spot up in Superior National Forest

God’s Beauty

God’s Beauty in Red Lodge MT

The brother’s Montana bull

Don and Pat Retterath with their 2025 Montana bull. Missoula MT

Max and Enzo’s first time hunting!

Girls love to hunt too!!

These sisters love spending time outdoors and always have a fun time together as a family!

A good day in the field

Brody & Zepp’s hard work paid off.

Look Dad, ducks!

Checking out the duck blind

Making memories

My husband & son after hunting near Mankato with our dog Thor.

1st Deer on 3 years

1st deer ever on our 3 year anniversary

Opening Morning Success

Largest buck to date and it was taken on our family property near Leech Lake. I was one of the lucky ones to harvest a buck opening morning while afield […]

Put me in, coach!

Photo of my 5 yr old in the stand with his dad. He can’t to be a hunter one day!

Mule deer

Eastern Montana mule deer

The real Golden hour

Two Golden Retrievers and their human embark on a fall day upland hunt.

A view from the deer stand

Breath taking

1 of Silver Bays finest! Bean lake SHT trail

The Old Silo

Steamin’ into fall

A cold October morning, as the sun rolls out of bed. The steam fog lifts off the warm water and creates the perfect place to sit and clear the mind […]

Just As We Imagined

Blending careers with our love for the great outdoors and making every day a unique journey. 🌿 Taking our office into nature with our horses adds in the creation of […]

Enjoying Fall at the Farm

Beautiful Fall day at a farm in Shevlin

Fall in the Mountains

The leaves starting to change at Mount Huashan

Pure Fall Joy

Having fun tossing leaves on a perfect autumn day!

Fall on Nicollet Island

Decoy cleanup

Fall at the Farm

Hwy. 5

On my way to Bagley to visit my daughter and family.

Beach sunset

Family vacation, time spent together…:

Sunset

Sugar Lake Resort

Sunset in Croatia

Kayaking off the coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia at sunset

Prior Lake Sunset

Celebrating Yom Teruah and blowing shofars!

Fire sunset

Sunset in Wykoff, Mn

Cotton Candy Sky

Outer Banks Vacation

Family reunion Outer Banks ❤️

Beautiful Sunset

Beautiful sunset every night on Chisholm Lake

Stunning Sunset

I took.this picture leaving work one evening.

Kayak to Calm

Calm night on the pond.

Passing Time, Lasting Bonds

On a Fourth of July evening in Okoboji, two brothers sit on their boat, watching fireworks light up the sky. Once here with their dad, who now stays back at […]

(Lake) Superior Views

A Father and his son

Lake day with Dad checking out the ducks and wild rice

Perfect Family Day on the Chippewa Flowage!

Pontoon Day on the Flowage with family from 3 states. Doesn’t get any better!

Cheers to boating

4th of July ride at the cabin!

Family fun taking the 4-wheeler and side-by-side through the woods!

American Kid

4th of July celebrated up north at the cabin 🇺🇸

4th of July family getaway!

Northern WI Treeland Resort

America First

Redneck Fishing Tournament in Bath, Illinois

We took 2nd place in the tournament! These carp fly out of the water and you catch them with nets! So fun!!

4th of July Fun

We spray painted red, white and blue stars in the yard at the campground. Everyone loved it!

Gavin point dam

On the fourth the dam was lit up in red white and blue!

Sunset fishing

Flying in the sky

My little perch

Perch backlit by sunset

New PB Walleye fishing with mom!

“I love fishing with my momma” I beat her this day to say the least! 29.5”

Sunset Fishing

Dad & sons in Canada

Dad & sons fishing in Canada. Family time is the best!

First Catch

Evelyn’s first catch, but she definitely did not want to touch it.

Fishing lessons with Grandpa

Fishing on the Iron Range

Sunset on Ash lake

Two good casts

Spring walleye fishing is the best time to find numbers of fish. I was lucky enough to catch these two fish on back to back casts!

Tying one on

Rigging up to try my hand at the spring steelhead run on Lake Superior

Lakers in the Deep BWCA

Little Trout Lake in the BWCA. What a fight in the good ole Solo!

A good time to fish

The boys fishing!

First Tarpon

Fly fishing Mahahual, MX

Father Son Retreat

Found a cave on a backwoods trip that looked like the perfect spot to stop for lunch!

Remember our Veterans 🇺🇲

Bandit visiting his dog mom @ Fort Snelling Cemetery, in Minnesota

Fun days in the sun!

Bandit enjoy a dip on a hot day in May.

Bowfishing Buzz

Minnesota Bowfishing, covering water scouting for an upcoming tournament

Fishing Buddies

Hooked

This was my 1st northern I had ever caught. I was hooked from that day forward!

Apostle islands fathers day getaway

Apostle islands getaway with my little man!

Sunrise

My drive to work in Cook Mn

Teaching My Daughter the Ropes

Teaching my daughter how to sturgeon fish, her first one! I was so proud.

Ice fishing dream

Preparing dinner!

First catch of the summer!

Lilly Retterath’s first catch of the summer!!

Fishing

First catch of the spring!

Archery Camp

Drip

Collecting maple sap in the northwoods of Minnesota

Bowfishing Kansas

Beautiful Sunset

Minneopa State Park Bison Drive

The bison are napping in Mankato.

Pushing off in Frost Lake

Day 2 of our Frost River Loop run.

Comet

Tsuchinshan visited us tonight.

Paddling in the BWCA

Spotting our next campsite on Saganaga Lake.

Risky Business

Embattled in Risk on Lac la Croix.

Eagle in Flight

A bald eagle flying from a pine tree

Liberty, justice and freedom

These three Bald eagle babies grew up at my work place(state park SD) and we have a contest each year to name the babies and last year we had Liberty,Justice, […]

OBX resident Gull

Great Black Backed Gull taken in September 2024 in the OBX

Blue Jay in tree

Blue Jay in tree taken in my front yard.

Yellowstone

a quick swim

Bear in Grandma’s tree

Traversing Fox

This photo was taken while sitting on Gunflint Lake. I set out that morning in hopes of seeing the otter I had seen the day before near the open water […]

Doe on the Open Prairie

A deer in the prairie.

Winter Visitors at Dusk

Deer running through my neighborhood.

Foxes

Bighorn sheep

Moose flower

Cow moose in a Canola field in bloom.

Chickadee Landing

Chickadee landed on my daughter’s finger during a hike

Reeling in the cold

An angler fishing on the Mississippi in December during and amazing sunset and cold air temperatures, creating a beautiful sea smoke in the water.

Saguaro cactus ready for the night

this was taken in Tucson, just before dark, 2 Saguaro cactus ready for bed

Great Adventures

2020 BWCA Duncan Lake

Eerily Beautiful

Finding beauty on a cold, gloomy day in Northern MN

Family Skate

All ages and sizes enjoying a winter day on the rink.

When I grow up…

My two boys on our fence overlooking our cow pasture

Beautiful Sky Behind Iron Man Statue

Iron Man Statue in Chisholm, Mn with a beautiful sky in the afternoon.

Wilderness Coffee

Coffee tastes better over the fire!

Frosty Sunset Lake Minnetonka

Taken from the end of the road in Cottagewood, a beautiful and frosty sunset

Winter on the Farm

Beautiful winter day on our farm in Bagley, MN

Frozen Lake Sunrise

Toddler friends building a snowman

My toddler and his friend building a snowman. The pure simple joys of winter and snow.

Winter’s Path in Warm Light

Hiking at Elm Creek

Bounding Deer in Corn Field

Deer leaping over corn stalk in winter.

A Snowy Respite

I had a peaceful walk at the Riverbend Nature Center In Faribault. These ducks were enjoying a snowy respite along the riverbank.

Winter’s Grip

Sunrise and icicles captured through a handrails at McQuade Safe Harbor, Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota.

Coon creek, coon rapids minnesota

Winter life in coin rapids Minnesota

Snowy Tree

Fresh snow rests on our maple’s bare branches, catching the light against a clear blue winter sky. One of those moments when everything briefly stands still.

Winter sunset

Photo of sunset from my driveway in wi

Winter Sunset

First snowfall

First snowfall in favorite camping spot up in Superior National Forest

God’s Beauty

God’s Beauty in Red Lodge MT

The brother’s Montana bull

Don and Pat Retterath with their 2025 Montana bull. Missoula MT

Max and Enzo’s first time hunting!

Girls love to hunt too!!

These sisters love spending time outdoors and always have a fun time together as a family!

A good day in the field

Brody & Zepp’s hard work paid off.

Look Dad, ducks!

Checking out the duck blind

Making memories

My husband & son after hunting near Mankato with our dog Thor.

1st Deer on 3 years

1st deer ever on our 3 year anniversary

Opening Morning Success

Largest buck to date and it was taken on our family property near Leech Lake. I was one of the lucky ones to harvest a buck opening morning while afield […]

Put me in, coach!

Photo of my 5 yr old in the stand with his dad. He can’t to be a hunter one day!

Mule deer

Eastern Montana mule deer

The real Golden hour

Two Golden Retrievers and their human embark on a fall day upland hunt.

A view from the deer stand

Breath taking

1 of Silver Bays finest! Bean lake SHT trail

The Old Silo

Steamin’ into fall

A cold October morning, as the sun rolls out of bed. The steam fog lifts off the warm water and creates the perfect place to sit and clear the mind […]

Just As We Imagined

Blending careers with our love for the great outdoors and making every day a unique journey. 🌿 Taking our office into nature with our horses adds in the creation of […]

Enjoying Fall at the Farm

Beautiful Fall day at a farm in Shevlin

Fall in the Mountains

The leaves starting to change at Mount Huashan

Pure Fall Joy

Having fun tossing leaves on a perfect autumn day!

Fall on Nicollet Island

Decoy cleanup

Fall at the Farm

Hwy. 5

On my way to Bagley to visit my daughter and family.

Beach sunset

Family vacation, time spent together…:

Sunset

Sugar Lake Resort

Sunset in Croatia

Kayaking off the coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia at sunset

Prior Lake Sunset

Celebrating Yom Teruah and blowing shofars!

Fire sunset

Sunset in Wykoff, Mn

Cotton Candy Sky

Outer Banks Vacation

Family reunion Outer Banks ❤️

Beautiful Sunset

Beautiful sunset every night on Chisholm Lake

Stunning Sunset

I took.this picture leaving work one evening.

Kayak to Calm

Calm night on the pond.

Passing Time, Lasting Bonds

On a Fourth of July evening in Okoboji, two brothers sit on their boat, watching fireworks light up the sky. Once here with their dad, who now stays back at […]

(Lake) Superior Views

A Father and his son

Lake day with Dad checking out the ducks and wild rice

Perfect Family Day on the Chippewa Flowage!

Pontoon Day on the Flowage with family from 3 states. Doesn’t get any better!

Cheers to boating

4th of July ride at the cabin!

Family fun taking the 4-wheeler and side-by-side through the woods!

American Kid

4th of July celebrated up north at the cabin 🇺🇸

4th of July family getaway!

Northern WI Treeland Resort

America First

Redneck Fishing Tournament in Bath, Illinois

We took 2nd place in the tournament! These carp fly out of the water and you catch them with nets! So fun!!

4th of July Fun

We spray painted red, white and blue stars in the yard at the campground. Everyone loved it!

Gavin point dam

On the fourth the dam was lit up in red white and blue!

Sunset fishing

Flying in the sky

My little perch

Perch backlit by sunset

New PB Walleye fishing with mom!

“I love fishing with my momma” I beat her this day to say the least! 29.5”

Sunset Fishing

Dad & sons in Canada

Dad & sons fishing in Canada. Family time is the best!

First Catch

Evelyn’s first catch, but she definitely did not want to touch it.

Fishing lessons with Grandpa

Fishing on the Iron Range

Sunset on Ash lake

Two good casts

Spring walleye fishing is the best time to find numbers of fish. I was lucky enough to catch these two fish on back to back casts!

Tying one on

Rigging up to try my hand at the spring steelhead run on Lake Superior

Lakers in the Deep BWCA

Little Trout Lake in the BWCA. What a fight in the good ole Solo!

A good time to fish

The boys fishing!

First Tarpon

Fly fishing Mahahual, MX

Father Son Retreat

Found a cave on a backwoods trip that looked like the perfect spot to stop for lunch!

Remember our Veterans 🇺🇲

Bandit visiting his dog mom @ Fort Snelling Cemetery, in Minnesota

Fun days in the sun!

Bandit enjoy a dip on a hot day in May.

Bowfishing Buzz

Minnesota Bowfishing, covering water scouting for an upcoming tournament

Fishing Buddies

Hooked

This was my 1st northern I had ever caught. I was hooked from that day forward!

Apostle islands fathers day getaway

Apostle islands getaway with my little man!

Sunrise

My drive to work in Cook Mn

Teaching My Daughter the Ropes

Teaching my daughter how to sturgeon fish, her first one! I was so proud.

Ice fishing dream

Preparing dinner!

First catch of the summer!

Lilly Retterath’s first catch of the summer!!

Fishing

First catch of the spring!

Archery Camp

Drip

Collecting maple sap in the northwoods of Minnesota

Bowfishing Kansas

Beautiful Sunset

Minneopa State Park Bison Drive

The bison are napping in Mankato.

Pushing off in Frost Lake

Day 2 of our Frost River Loop run.

Comet

Tsuchinshan visited us tonight.

Paddling in the BWCA

Spotting our next campsite on Saganaga Lake.

Risky Business

Embattled in Risk on Lac la Croix.