It is time to start the July 2006 Photo contest. The "best" photo will win the contest and a hat.

Monthly Category: Best BWCA or Quetico Photo

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.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on July 31th.

- 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

P20060701

Basswood river 6/21/06

Crossing the last creek & beaver dam to William.

Befor the storm on Finger Lake "The eye of the storm" Hay thecanoeman, nice shot!

"Swallowtail" Taken on Portage between Jean and Conk Lake.

Just a early morning mist on Nina Moose.

That's a stellar pic, thecanoeman!
I see I need to start getting up a little earlier. :)

Metamorphosis: The Emergence

Last campfire on Lake Agnes Solo June 2006 Olympus Stylus 500 (evening and sunrise setting)

Wintergreen. Lake Agnes USA.



Snakecharmer

Hey Fishguts, that's the picture you had published in the BWJ, isn't it? It is a great shot. I was wondering, when they selected it for publication, did you have to sign away your rights to it? Just wondered how that worked.

knothead180
No I didn't sign anything...I think by sending the photos to them that I have given them permittion to use the photos....but I don't believe that I have given up my rights to them. Thanks for the interest!!

Mr. Barley,

That picture is crazy! What is that?

It's a picture of a dragonfly coming out of it's shell. I took it on Budside Lake in the Quetico in June. It crawled up on one of the guy's raingear and started morphing out. There was lots of it going on.

"Last Call" My 13yo son at dusk on Knife Lake. June 11th 2006.

Canoeman: I like your photo. Are you interested in having it printed in a couple thousand Minnesota calendars I will be printing? Contact Lory at lorybob@paulbunyan.net and we can discuss it. You can have the photo credit and free calendar(s). Thanks

Hi Adam, can you please contact Lory at lorybob@paulbunyan.net to discuss the calendar I am printing with many/all BWCA photos on it.
Thanks, Lory.

"Buzz" the snapper who tried to eat my fingers on Bologna Lake last month.

"Reflection at dawn"



Taken on a very calm morning at Wagosh Lake.

Wow! What an amazing month for photos.

Lightfoot- That shot knocks me off my feet.

Lightfoot,

That is a great shot!

Thanks guys.

That was indeed a special morning on Wagosh Lake. I'm just glad I was lucky enough to be there and have an opportunity to try and capture some of the beauty from that morning. It was what I would consider the perfect BWCA morning.

Taken on Little Vermillion at the start of my solo border lake trip from Crane - John Lake and then back and out at E. Bearskin. I stopped at this island for a late supper and after stopping to eat a loon popped up and checked me out.

Lightfoot and the canoeman...can you say goosebumps!

All of these photos are amazing, but sometimes....

amazing

Solosipper

Gabbro Lake 5:30 AM

Adam,

I have tried to enter the contest, but the add photo button is a broken link. Am I doing something wrong?

Alan

Hi Alan,

You need to be logged into the site to post photos. I am not sure that that is your problem though since you seem to be seeing the link?

Drop me an email and well figure it out --> info@bwca.com

Red Canoe
Island campsite on the north end of Seagull Lake 7-4-06

Great photos everyone!! I am looking for a couple last photos for several thousand full color calendars that we print and distribute for free. I think many of these photos would work. I am looking for lakes/nature or animal photos that are of good quality (4+ megapixel camera or an original photo developed at a store, not printed on home printer) in landscape form (more wide than tall). If anyone would like more info or to submit photos, you will have the photo credit and free calendar(s). I looked through some of the photo journals also, but do not know how to contact these people. Please let me know if you are interested... thank you, Lory. 218-326-7067 or lorybob@paulbunyan.net

Jasper; morning of 7-15-06

That Metamorphosis pic is sooooo cool. I've never caught one in the act.

Pipestone Bay looking West towards Jackfish... a storm is on the way...

Wow Lightfoot!!! Contest over!!!

Finally! I don't know what happened, but here is my submission...

Morning mist on Kawishiwi in June of 2006.

This is the first time I have entered a photo contest and, well, I'm glad I don't have to judge!

Stunning scenery - early morning mist - wow
Incredible wildlife and nature shots - and the fire in the grate with dark lake and foliage in the background - very interesting, unique shot.

I think I would go crazy if I had to decide. Looking forward to seeing more from apparently very talented photographers on this site.

Cindy

I took this entering Lake Insula, our group where the first ones on the water. the reflections where fantastic

Peaceful evening on Saganagons south of Boundary Point 7/15

This is gonna be tough

TR

nkelly: nice photo. I was hoping I might be able to use one of your photos in the calendars we print. I saw your winter camping photo in your photo gallery - beautiful!! Please contact Lory at lorybob@paulbunyan.net and I can tell you more.

Rays of Light

Kawishiway River

Fishing on Gaskin Lake in late June 2006, What a sunset!!

Luna Moth at Tuscarora Lodge June 2006.

This is a photo of my 13-year old son Jeff. He's paddling a solo wood strip canoe on the Ottertrack River. The cliffs are in Canada. Photo was taken from our camp site on June 29, 2006.

Cliff jumping.

STEEP PORTAGE FROM FOURTOWN

Fire approaching on Seagull lake 7/16

Leaving the BWCA in early June....looking at the northeastern coast of Alpine lake...I hope its still there.

Morning on Gull lake, east of Bald Eagle lake

The winner of the July photo contest is thecanoeman. Congratulations!

The winner of the additional hat drawing is WoodPaddle.

Thank you to everyone for your entries and to the moderators for having to made a tough decision.

I'm astonished by the quality of the submissions - judging is going to be harder and harder!

Thanks everyone!

Right On.......Congrats Canoeman, GREAT wildlife shot!!!

Woodpecker

Congratulations canoeman! Well deserved. That's one great shot. Were you in the perfect place at the perfect time, or did you stalk that bird?

snakecharmer,

Perfect place and perfect time.

I was lucky, that bird was very cooperative and with the fog, the island and the spider webs, I was definitely blessed. I have many pic's of this bird taking off, landing and hunting.
Sometimes it pays too have the camera ready.

I would like to thank the staff, moderators and everyone who entered the contest.
Every month I am amazed at the quality of the pictures.
thecanoeman