It is time to start the January 2020 Photo Contest, as well as, Trip Report Contest.

First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or bandanna to me.

The theme for this month's contest is "Macro Photos".

Monthly Category: Macro Photos - Small Things in Canoe Country

Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt or Bandanna.

Trip Report Contest: Any trip report published in a month is in the running for winning the prize. See the trip report contest page for more details - Trip Report Home Page

Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CCS) for sponsoring the year end prize!

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

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 and have the rights to post it.
- 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 the location of the photo.
- 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 thread by 11:59pm on Jan 31. Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) format and uploaded to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Gadwall lake, May 2011.

Small home in a big wilderness - Missing Link Lake Aug 2019

Welcome company on a September solo.....Brant Lake

Sea Gull Lake - June 2019.

North of Argo

Trumpet lichen, Sunday Lake, Quetico PP.

Unwelcome Hitchhiker
~ Jordan Lake

Ram lake

Pine bark

Granite. Quetico 2011

Also posted on the contest page on Facebook, but not everybody looks there.
Indian Pipe/Ghost Pipe/Corpse Plant, Sylvania Wilderness

Site 904 on North Temperance Lake

Whiskey Jack aka Gray Jay aka Camp Robber, on Agnes

Saw this wolf spider in a tree stump covering her egg sack. First trip of 2015. Fourtown lake, site 1105.

Pine Bark Beetle, Cross Bay Lake, 2010.

Club Moss, or ground pine.

Henson Lake
Black Spruce

An emerging dragonfly drying in the sun and hoping a bird doesn't eat him before he can fly away.

Another dragonfly. Snipe Lake 2013.

Ladyslipper and starflower on Ogish, June 2019.

Dragonfly emerging

mr.barley: " Dragonfly emerging
"

Bugs are creepy. It is good they are small. If they were as big as humans they would be terrifying.

Namakan Lake, Voyageurs National Park, July 28, 2012

Dragon Fly in camp on Lake Agnes...

Argo Flora

July 2018. Carp Lake.
Harebell, I think.

August 19, 2019

On the Beaver Fisher portage 2018

Along the Hassel to Lunetta portage.

Dangers of no boots in Quetico... :( Argo Lake

Somewhere along Lake One

Hustler Lake

Photo was taken in late afternoon, at island campsite on east end of Gaskin Lake. (Under)-exposed so that background water appears black.

Lindylair, that is beautiful!


Don't remember where this was... near Oyster Lake, perhaps?

ajfairchild: " "

Brody and Bug. On Lac la Croix.

January contest winners:

Photo Contest: chessie (Great little whisky jack)
Trip Report Contest: wyopaddler (Nice Woodland Caribou Adventure)
Extra Prize: Herostiming1 (Excellent photography)

Congratulations to the winners and thank you everyone for entering!