It is time to start the October 2009 Photo Contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Fall Color".

Monthly Category: Fall Color in Canoe Country

Along with the hat, there are two special awards again this month. Our new award is a BWCA dice cup donated by our own dicecupmaker. The second award is from Wilderness Passages Magazine, created by long time member QPassage. He 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 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 message by 11:59pm on Oct 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

P20091001

Little Isabella River, Sept 2009

INSULA in October... Disclaimer...no photoshop enhancement used.

Lower Pauness--October 2006.

West Pike Lake Sept. 21st.

butthead

The North Shore-South of Tofte. Just before heading up the Sawbill Trail for a Sept. 25th entry out of Baker Lake.

Not eligible for the contest, but wanted to share this little leaf anyway. September 4, 2009, campsite on Kelso Lake.

There wasn't much fall color up there in early September this year, but here's a maple leaf splash from Blackstone Lake, Quetico -

South Hegman Lake

A reflection of color in a small portage stream.

This photo was taken last fall while paddling the Eau Claire River near our home in Wausau, WI. It may not be a part of BW knoo-country, but you can see why I like to get my knoo wet around here.

Stella on the Big Carp River trail, Oct 7, 2009- Porcupine mts

pre "encounter", by about 20 minutes...midway of the gaskin-hensen portage.

Brule Lake

Paddling along the shore of Loon Lake during the October 2008 Four Solos Trip.

Lady Boot Bay, Lac La Croix

Bald Eagle lake October 4th, Somewhere between the rain and the snow.

sobi..that's lovely!

First to turn. September 2, 2009. Little blurry in my attempt to smooth out the water flow with a longer exposure.

October Fall Reflections, Quetico Agnes
starwatcher

caribou portage side of lizz lake. (my favorite thing about this picture is that for once the lake reflection is clearer than the real horizon.

Angleworm trail, October 10th, 2009

love your photo scrubb!

Along the Moose River. It's hard to see in this shot but on the long branch near the top of the dead pine sits an eagle.



Not for the contest but here's a shot that's a little closer of the eagles.

Sawbill Trail

Hoe Lake
10/9/2009

Tamaracks booming colors

Moosetrack, a great photo.

Not for the contest, just sharing...

Vera - Ensign portage, September 2009

Moosetrack and Eglath,

Beautiful photos!

"Mist On The Lake"
Entry Point 47

A little Fall color

river between agamok and mueller

Sobi -- almost identical shots? This was on the Superior Hiking Trail, also on October 10 this year...

This shot was taken at Hartman Creek State Park (Wisconsin) - near the Waupaca River (does that qualify as canoe country?) - a few years ago. It was featured in the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks 2009 calendar for the month of October.

"almost identical shots" actually that was scrubb's photo. sorry but its a good one and i had to clear that up. (silly moderators?) :)

NOT

The winners!

Photo Contest: Moosetrack

Trip Report Contest: BradCRC

Bonus Hat Winner: lostreef

Thank you everyone for entering and sharing your photos and trip reports!

- Adam

congrats moosetrack...that pic is absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks....