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04/09/2009 04:55PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
It is time to start the April 2009 Photo Contest.
The theme for this month's contest is "All the Small Things".
Monthly Category: All the Small Things
This is a contest to see your macro-photography of small things you see you in canoe country.
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 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.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on April 30th.
- 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
P20090401
The theme for this month's contest is "All the Small Things".
Monthly Category: All the Small Things
This is a contest to see your macro-photography of small things you see you in canoe country.
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 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.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on April 30th.
- 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
P20090401
04/12/2009 11:32AM
I'm sure this will upset the purists but I found this in the shallow narrows at the back of "the Rock" on Insula Lake in 2006. The water levels were 2-3 feet low during a drought and I happened to see it laying mong other rocks where it normally would have been underwater.
I think it was used as a knife but a spear point is not out of the question. This is the other side.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
04/13/2009 09:57AM
Traveler -- two guides I find very useful:
Canoe Country Flora: Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters by Mark Stensaas
Trees of Minnesota Field Guide (Field Guides) by Stan Tekiela (excellent guide -- and small enough to take on trips)
Canoe Country Flora: Plants and Trees of the North Woods and Boundary Waters by Mark Stensaas
Trees of Minnesota Field Guide (Field Guides) by Stan Tekiela (excellent guide -- and small enough to take on trips)
04/15/2009 05:58PM
Mama moose taking care of all the "small things" - she really guided that little guy from the west bank of Polly to the east bank - with extreme efficiency. She made sure he got on the shore safely and off they went. Beautiful day - great experience. July of 2008.
"Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium." - Sigurd Olson -
04/16/2009 08:19AM
I hate to burst you bubble Tom T but you picked up a nice rock. It doesn't mean that someone might not have used it as a tool at one time or another it simply does not show any evidence from your pictures that it was "worked" into that shape. In fact you should count your blessing that is only a rock and not a Native American artifact. Federal law prohibits the removal of such artifacts and it is a big time offense. The last folks prosecuted in the Chattahochee National forest for a "few arrowheads" spent 18 months in Federal Prison. Just keep in mind that the BWCA is in the Superior National Forest and the Feds don't take kindly to this kind of stuff, they prosecute.
I know it is tempting to take things home but for me it is not worth the risk or the fact that someone else may not get to see what I saw.
BTW all cave formations as well are protected by State and Federal law.
I know it is tempting to take things home but for me it is not worth the risk or the fact that someone else may not get to see what I saw.
BTW all cave formations as well are protected by State and Federal law.
04/16/2009 04:36PM
I agree Tom T, I have several spear points and arrow heads and they don't look anything like that. typically that stuff was made of flint. I think the shape of your rock is coincidental.
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
04/17/2009 05:48PM
Well, I have to disagree with you guys. It's pretty obvious that it was shaped. But I'll tell anyone who asks that it's just a cool rock I found.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
04/21/2009 08:21PM
johanismyvzual57
Might that be a Piliated Woodpecker?
also my logo for my hobby/business.....
COOL!!!
Woodpecker
Might that be a Piliated Woodpecker?
also my logo for my hobby/business.....
COOL!!!
Woodpecker
"The way of the canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten."---Sigurd F. Olson (The Singing Wilderness)
04/22/2009 08:45AM
That is indeed the Pileated Woodpecker, unless you believe there are Ivory Bills roaming the BWCA. Not likely.
Seen a lot of Pileated birds around the cities over the last few years. Fantastic birds.
Seen a lot of Pileated birds around the cities over the last few years. Fantastic birds.
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain
04/25/2009 06:59AM
I love moths and butterflys. They are works of beautiful art.
I've found that in the BW they are quite unafraid of people. Last year I had an orange one sunning himself on a pack next to me and after awhile I got him to climb on my hand.
I've found that in the BW they are quite unafraid of people. Last year I had an orange one sunning himself on a pack next to me and after awhile I got him to climb on my hand.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
05/01/2009 01:08PM
Not a part of the contest, but in case anyone is interested by the process of a dragonfly going from nymph to final version: Dragonfly Metamorphosis
I was lucky enough to be sitting right there when the nymph crawled out of the water (on the southern island of Thursday Bay on Crooked Lake, July 2008) -- the whole process took about three hours (and I took over 200 photos)...these are the 33 shots I liked the best...
I was lucky enough to be sitting right there when the nymph crawled out of the water (on the southern island of Thursday Bay on Crooked Lake, July 2008) -- the whole process took about three hours (and I took over 200 photos)...these are the 33 shots I liked the best...
05/13/2009 08:47PM
The winner of the April photo contest goes to thecanoeman. The winner of the April trip report contest goes to UncleMoose. Congratulations to the winners and thank you everyone for entering such great photos!
The extra hat goes to JolietJake.
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