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2015 GayOutdoors Photography Contest


We are excited to announce the winner of the Annual GayOutdoors Photo Contest!. The photos are displayed by counting down from last place to first place. The winner won $50, a GO T-Shirt, full membership and has bragging rights. Photos from all the finalists will appear on the GO website and Facebook pages. 

GO received photo collections from 23 gay and gay-friendly men from all across the country, making narrowing down the selection to 15 finalists quite challenging.  

The winner of the GayOutdoors Photo Contest is Scooby from Reno, Nevada

15 David 2015
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Maui, Hawaii
14 Gregg 2015
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(1) Birch alley at the campground during the GO Gathering (2) First is from the top of Mt. Washington after spending a night at the observatory (3) View from Parker Hill (4) Winter view of Mt. Washington during sunset (5) Sweet Trail in Durham
13 Keith 2015
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(1) Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Picture combines what the park is known for - the unique yucca-style Joshua Tree (here a young version) and the huge, smooth boulders uniquely stacked and sculpted for centuries by wind and rain. (2) Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Silhouette of a mature Joshua Tree in front of a colorful desert sunset. (3) One of many waterfalls encountered on hikes through the aptly-named Green Mountains of Vermont. (4) A beautiful barn owl at the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia, an organization that helps rehabilitate injured birds of prey. (5) Pinnacles National Park, CA. From the top of the trail, a view of the park's uniquely-sculpted peaks.
12 Ed S. 2015
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(1) Mani walls (praying walls- Om Mani Padme Hum) on the trail to Namche Bazar in Nepal. (2) The trail above Namche Bazar in Nepal. (3) Tiny village of Pheriche, completely dwarfed by Ama Dablam (22,349 ft) and nearby peaks, Nepal. (4) Khumbu Glacier gurgles and moans under a blanket of ground-up rocks and gravel, with peaks of Khumbutse, Changtse in Tibet, the West shoulder of Everest, and to the right, Nuptse (25,410 Ft). (5) Everest Base Camp wedged between rocks at the bottom of the Khumbu Icefall. The surrounding peaks, from left: a shoulder of Khumbutse, Changste, Everest West-Shoulder, and Mount Everest (8850 m) (29,035 Ft).
11 Ed 2015
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(1) Alaskan Sunset (2) Sea Life (3) Victoria, BC (4) Cruise Time (5)Afternoon Hike
10 Greg 2015
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(1) Sunset scene traveling near San Juan National Forest outside of Telluride CO. (2) My three buddies riding single track on the Lower Loop Trail near Crested Butte CO, my favorite mountain town. (3) Riding amongst aspen trees on the Lupine Trail near Crested Butte CO (4) A wildflower field near Gunnison National Forest and the town of Crested Butte in central Colorado. (5)Taking a paddling break on Jackson Lake with peak views in Grand Teton National Park, near Jackson Hole WY
9 Steve 2015
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(1) Hiking around Cathedral Rock, Sedona AZ (2) Early morning start up Quandry Peak, Breckenridge, CO (3) Steam Vents, Hawaii Volcanos Natl Park (4) South Point, Hawaii (5) Dog Canyon, Big Bend Natl Park, TX
8 Kenny 2015
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(1) A composite of the recent eclipse and supermoon (2) View From a local conservation area looking over the Connecticut river looking west towards Holyoke (3) A spring peeper from my documentation of a local Vernal Pool (4) A Ruby-throated hummingbird flying around my feeder (5) Pileated woodpeckers on a walk tru Mt. Holyoke College woods in South Hadley.
7 Howie 2015
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(1) Peak of Cotacachi volcano, Ecuador (2) Jamaica, VT (3) Cuicocha crater lake, Ecuador (4) Mojanda Lakes area, Ecuado (5) Toucan in Los Cedros Biological Reserve, Ecuador
6 Cosmos 2015
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(1)Mountain view at Fiordland National Park, NZ (2)Grazing sheep in Rotorua, NZ taken from moving train (3)Waterfall in Milford Sound, NZ (4)Lake Wakatipu, The road from Queenstown to Glenorchy, (5)Waterfall dive in Fiordland National Park, NZ
5 Gary 2015
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Three from hiking in the Canadian Rockies in July; Scarab lake, Mount Assiniboine and clouds over lake Magog and a second view of Mt Assiniboine from Nubs peak. Two from the NC/TN border on the AT: Grassy Ridge and Grassy ridge sunset.
4 Ron 2015
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(1) Big Sky, Montana (2) Mountain Rainier National Park, Washington. Upper Crystal Lake, (3) Ditch Falls, near the Oregon Coast (4) Camping, Mount Rainier (5) Rattlesnake Wilderness, outside Missoula, Montana
3 Chuck 2015
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(1) Roll call in Glacier Nat'l Park. (2) on in "Mountain Heaven" on Sahale Mtn in North Cascades Nat'l. Park of Wash. State. (3) Tree of Life on the shore of Lake Chelan in Wash. State. (4) Fading beauty in Yosemite Nat'l. Park. (5) Serenity in blue in a canoe on Lake Chelan, Wash State.
2 Marc 2015
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Two were taken at Cannon Beach, Oregon. The rest were taken at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
1 Scooby 2015
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(1) Along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park (2) A Glimpse over the edge (3) Watching the storm roll in (4) The husband, me, & a giant sequoia (5) Nature’s version of Starry Night

Previous Lists
  • 2017 GayOutdoors Photo Contest
  • 2016 GayOutdoors Photo Contest
  • 2014 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2013 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2012 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2011 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2010 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2009 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2008 Photography Contest
  • 2007 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
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