The theme for this month's contest is "Canoe". Post your best photos of canoes in the BWCA or Quetico. Canoes is not to be confused with kanoes ;).
Monthly Category: Canoes
Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message where the picture is from.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on June 30th.
- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site. Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.
I've been waiting for this one. This photo will not load to threads. The image veiwed is from photobucket I will provide a link to the location in my jounal. This was taken last summer on Lake Insula. my photo jounal
The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Campsite on Jordan Lake.
I'll disqualify myself for this month's contest because I didn't take this photo, my son Jon did. But I like the shot so I thought I'd share it.
prettypaddle,
That is a great shot!
Cllcanoe,
I love that spot. That's my green paint on the back left rock!
cericdahl,
That's not the first, nor will it be the last canoe donated to that stretch of rapids. It tempts many.
I'm glad I don't have to be a judge. This is going to be a great set of photos!
I have been very busy with work and home remodeling lately and haven't been writing much. I do read the forum often but wish I could spend more time. We are going in at Sawbill in 13 days so I have been getting spooled up.
I am not even sure if this place exists anymore, after the fire. Superior North Outfitters at the end of the Gunflint Trail, Saganaga Lake. Sure was pretty.
Rich
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain
hey determined orange...thanks for the little indian sioux pic, we were there 2 years ago and it brought back great memories...how far did you end up going?
Thank you prettypaddle, and the same to you. Awesome photo!
The day I took that picture turned out to be a beautiful sunny day after the fog lifted -- the best one of the whole trip.
This month's contest will be a tough one to judge! Great pictures from everyone.
"In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir
Just some incredible photos this month. (the sun-burned foot shot is slightly off-topic and a little disturbing - but a very nice composition none the less)
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after" ~ Henry David Thoreau
Seeing as you can see the VNO logo in this picture, I should tell Lynn that they did NOT take the canoe over the falls, they launched from where I took the picture.
Howard Spraque, we've stopped at that same site for lunch more times than I can remember. We were actually up there the week that big (now dead) pine went down. We ate under it when we went in and stopped to find it down on our way out. It probably lived about 8 more years after tumbling over.
H. Sprague- really, I haven't been by there in about 3 years now. Glad to hear it's still kicking,. I think it went down in 1993 if memory serves me. Just trying to remember who I was traveling with that trip. i think 93 though.
Stubs - It was a strange experience. With nothing to focus on, we got almost a feeling of vertigo. We kept the canoe headed in as straight a line as we could, and miraculously, we came out on the other side of Nina Moose right at the beach in HowardSprague's photo.
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after" ~ Henry David Thoreau
Yeah, it was a surreal experience. The other canoe in our group drifted off coarse about 15 yards and they were starting to disappear from our view. Bermuda triangle effect.
I'm glad, that some of the best photographers in this contest have already won this year. It might be a runaway for uncle moose, and snakecharmer. However this is the best group of photos I have seen, while on bwca.com.
The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Portage Monkey - The camera is a Canon digital SLR (11MP, 1Ds model). This picture was taken on a tripod using a graduated neutral density filter. The filter is basically a piece of transparent plastic that's split into a clear half and a darkened half. By moving the positioning of the filter over the lens, you can do things like darken an overly bright sky while still keeping the foreground nice and bright. Using this filter on a sunset scene like this allows me to keep color in both the sky and foreground (like our own eyes would normally see). Ordinarily without this filter, the camera's own limitations in how it captures light would either cause the sky to go white or the foreground to go dark. This may help account for the even color. I also process most of my photographs with photo editing software, so that helps too.
Taking pictures is usually one of our main pastimes, so my wife and I bring lots of photography gear. (To make room for it all, we don't bring a lot of other extra stuff). Needless to say, it helps a lot to have all this gear with us (multiple lenses, filters, flashes, etc...).
Taken at one of the portages between Horse and Fourtown.June 3rd 2007. Howard ,the previous photo was at a site on a small bay on the South end of Fourtown.
Just got back from a quick overnight into Basswood for a friends birthday. Beautifully still night. Used a graduated neutral density filter on this to balance out the sky - the best filter you can get for your trip to the BW.
Okay, I already entered one picture but I have another I like even better, so I "withdraw" my previous entry (although it's still posted above) and submit this one instead. :-) Picture taken May 1, 2006, on the third day of a four-day loop from Mudro through the Basswood River. We saw no one in this popular area the whole trip, given that it was so early in the season. This will probably go down as one of my favorite short trips of all time. This picture was taken on the last "unofficial" portage going up the Horse River. As we portaged it started to rain, and I love the way this picture captures the rain and the light through the Spirit II.
WOW!! a ton of REALLY good photo's so far. If I were one of the moderators having to pick from this I'd feel true pain in choseing. This is the best group of photo's I have seen since joining bwca.com over half a year ago.
The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your photo looks like it was taken on the same place on Lake Polly that this one was taken. It was taken in June 1986 and is a scan (so I'm sorry for the quality). It was just haunting that it looks like the same spot!
It does look remarkably similar Navigator. I know that we were camped in the Northwest most campsite just before the portage to Koma. There were a lot of little channels just across from our site and thats where I took that shot.
Bad Day On Lac La Croix..
one of the few times i have been driven off a lake..good news
is that i ended up by a narrow neck of land and bushwacked across
to sheltered water and paddled on!!
brain250
could you tell me what lake that photo was taken on. it looks like my favorite spot and im just curious if it is. thanx. if its a secret, i promise i wont tell anyone! :O)
FYI-With a couple of voting moderators on trips as well as out of town, the June winners will be announced next week. This was a great group of pictures this past month. It made voting for a winner especially tough!
"When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known."
Sigurd F. Olson
Tom I always tell people my unbiased opinion, that this is the best bwca site on the web (and I have seen many) Not only because of the many features, but the very freindly people.
The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winner of the June photo contest goes to Crusty! Congratulations. We apologize for the delay. A couple of vacations and a plethora of great photos to consider made this a tough month but enjoyable month.
The second hat goes to Canoe Dude.
BigZig is the winner of the June trip report contest.