Hey I just opened my Spring Boundary Waters Journal and there on page 71 is my picture of my buddy Dustin and a bear on the William River on our way into Darkwater last spring. Ya Hoo!

That--- is a cool shot!

Congrats, guts!

No wonder it looked familiar! Congratulations!

At least the bear sighting brightened the day :-)

WOW...great pic FG

Wife and I commented on it a few nights ago when we saw it. Nicely done.

Nice

Thanks! All, Yah! it was a rainy day and got much worse as we paddled across Darkwater and Wicksteed to our eventual camp....we were wet, cold and miserable. Our fire cheered us up.:-)

Congratulations! Great photo. I bet you are glad your camera was handy to capture this impressive image. Mine would likely have been packed away with the existing weather conditions at the time.

quote fishguts: "Thanks! All, Yah! it was a rainy day and got much worse as we paddled across Darkwater and Wicksteed to our eventual camp....we were wet, cold and miserable. Our fire cheered us up.:-)
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That looks like a great way to end a day!

Cool! --Goose

I'm guessing you set up that night shot with a tripod and slow exposure. Don't mean to turn this into a photography workshop but what did you shoot the night shot with? I have an old SLR Olympus OM-1 35mm but I rarely take it because it doesn't do well with moisture and is a beast to carry. It does take great pics and was thinking you must have used something like that....and told everyone to hold...very...very...still :)

Yes! A tri-pod and my Nikon D3100 set on no flash and a timer to let me get in the picture. I took a Pelican case that seemed to keep things dry yet was easy to open and get a shot of the bear as we were traveling.....Here is a picture of the Orange Pelican case. Ya! that is a no-bake cheese cake! Yum!

quote fishguts: "Yes! A tri-pod and my Nikon D3100 set on no flash and a timer to let me get in the picture. I took a Pelican case that seemed to keep things dry yet was easy to open and get a shot of the bear as we were traveling.....Here is a picture of the Orange Pelican case. Ya! that is a no-bake cheese cake! Yum!"

Excellent! One man. One cheesecake. Life is perfect.