It is time to start the June 2009 Photo Contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Campfires".

Monthly Category: Pictures of Canoe Country Campfires

(Bonus points for New Ulm natives gathered around the fire. :)

There is again a special reward for this months contests. Along with winning a hat, Wilderness Passages Magazine, created by long time member QPassage, is giving a free copy of their great magazine and a 2 1/2 hour DVD of Quetico footage to the winner of the photo contest and trip report contest. For more information about Wilderness Passages, you can visit their website at WildernessPassages.com

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.

- 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 to 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 May 31st.

- 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.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

P20090601

Robinson Lake, Quetico.
August, 2008

Campfire on Ranger Bay 08

Little Gratton Lake, Quetico, June 19, 2008
Does it count that we invited Maddog (a New Ulm Native) on our trip but he backed out?

october, 2008.

My standard entry, campsite #1872

Agnes Lake...



Bruce

Ottertrack Lake, May 2009.

May 18, 2009 on Little Sag
Campsite #540

You'll have to form a mental image to visualize the fire in this picture.

starwatcher

Hey I can plan on this category for my trip, I plan on coming back with some good campfire pics!

The fire during the lighting storm

Caribou middle site August 2008

Last August on Basswood

June 2009 - Boulder Bay

Oyster Lake 2007.

Lac Lacroix Fire Ghost

Spankatolla August 2009 hasn't happened yet!

campfire on russell lake 2006

Just got back from a Portage Lake Entry trip. Even though we had cool temps and wet weather, we never had a fire. Anyway, I think this picture is from June of 2006. It is on Sawbill Lake when Jim/WI and I were doing the Temperance River Loop starting out at Baker Lake.

Frost Lake Campfire - June 2nd, 2009

Strup lake off the Kek trail May 09

McIntyre Lake, June 08

Batchewaung Lake, Quetico. June 2008

Can there be a bad picture of a campfire. Even these pictures are mesmerizing. 10 days and I can take a new picture of the campfire.

Lake One on the last day of a nine day trip, September 2006. I had been on the other side of the island photographing the sunset and returned to find Spartan1 lost in thought, letting the fire burn up high, and wondering when I would come back so we could hang the packs. We usually go in June, so the short days in September were a challenge. The last campfire of a good trip is always bittersweet.

South Arm of Knife Lake

Double post

Lower Basswood Falls, June 2, 2009



Adam

Cummings Lake, September 2006 -

Lake Three May 2008

Nice pic. That is one hot canoe!

The boys deep in thought on Brule 2005

Hollowed out log on the fire

South Kawishiwi. June 2009.

Horseshoe Sept 08

Lake Two Sept. 2008







tony

Lake Hudson on island campsite near center of lake. Taken 1st week of June 2009 during a 5 day trip.

"Spirit of the North"
Horseshoe Lake 2005

Knife Lake June 2005
One of my fellow campers and the girlfriend a beaver carved for him.
Also, can't have a campfire without a coffee pot.

Hey Wilderness Paddler....VERY nice picture.

I agree, really great shot, Wilderness Paddler. I also like soukup85's image.

Quetico Lake 2008

Wilderness paddler that is an awesome pic, reminds me of why I go camping. soukup85 is nice, as long as you don't worry about forest fires. that's a lot of wood over the grate.

Smokey the Bear was with us and our campsite was pretty wide open so no forest fires. Thanks!

Wilderness Paddler's got this one wrapped up!

Giving this photo uploading thing a try. We'll call this one Meal Prep I guess.

Hey Beemer01

That’s not a campfire, it’s just smoke. It’s also a gorgeous shot! Love it.

Just a comment on soukup85’s. It’s probably just me but I’d be too ashamed to post that shot. Burning loose branches on top of the fire grate is not a good idea. Too bad, if the flame was only about half that high it would have been a real beauty. Again, that's just my opinion, take it for what it's worth.

Don't be jealous because my fire looks better than your smoke shot. lol

North Bay "Quetico" While waiting on the wind to lay we were offered this view to the east.
qp

Base camp trip with my 10yo son on Saganagons June 2008

Qpassage your shot is amazing. You are a guaranteed winner this month.

American Point on Saganaga

Third night -

The peaceful wonderland!!

Hustler Lake

Ensign Lake June 6th

Alpine Lake, 06/12/09

Crab Lake 2007

Jeez guys, most of these pictures are of really big "white man's" fires...I enjoy a smaller flame, one that won't torch the place up...


Woodpecker

Don't want it to turn into one of these "REAL" campfires

Evening campfire in the Quetico

Koma style Karoake! A bunch of moonshine influenced guys sing Gun n Roses to solar radio....... Yes, we were the only ones on the lake!

Campfire on Lake Four.

Smoke Lake October 2006
Not much of a fire, but check out the spread!

Last remnants of last fire, May 09.

Saturday Bay Campfire by Moon Lite 6/3/09. The panoramic view of Saturday Bay & Crooked Lake East from this site was phenomenal.

Evening Campfire on William Lake ~ Quetico
(featuring NU natives moose plums and mr.barley) Kumbaya :)

Campfire on Comnee Lake ~ Quetico (note: New Ulm natives t-shirt drying above fire)

Frying fish by fire light (New Ulm natives)Crooked Lake-Quetico

Evening Glow on Allen Lake

Well, several shots have a nice sized fire. Wallidave, that shot is absolutely gorgeous, a real beauty. Also an honorable mention to DeterminedOrange, very nice composition.

Lake 3 campfire with three cheese tortillini and dehydrated peas and chicken "life is good"

North end of Crab Lake. More coals than fire, but it's one of my favorite BWCA photos.

Krusty

May not go with theme but I love this picture. Taken on our way to Crooked Lake.

here is my fire pic
looks like burning wood
little shell lake 2007, the day before the day of infamy

"Save yourselves!" :-)

North Wilder Lake

The winner of the June photo contest is Wallidave!

The trip report contest winner is Kiporby!

The extra hat give away goes to uwmarchy.

Thank you everyone for posting great photos and trip reports!

I have to say, I had not focused on that picture until now, but it's really good. Thanks!

WOW,neatO! Thanks for the votes and compliments:-) Now if I can just finish my trip report for this year. Still have 4 days left. Dave

Excellent Photo Wallidave! I havent been on this website in a while and when i saw the winning pic i said to myself, that looks familiar. I camped in that very spot 2 years ago, check out the photo, looks like not much has changed. That campsite was fantastic! great 240 degree views.

Well im glad someone else could enjoy it as well, how was the fishing when u were there?

-bwells

Also, Dave, looking forward to reading your trip report, if you're interested here's a link to mine from two years ago:

http://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=forum.thread&threadId=19864&forumID=19&confID=1

happy paddlin