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lmunch85
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Sunset on Fourtown Lake. July 2009
I really don't know how you pick the best sunrise/sunset. There are so many that are absolutely amazing. Good photography everyone.
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j corrigan
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Rlhedlund, that picture is powerful, reminds of a poem I wrote:
I-35, somewhere north of Ames, dad's old canoe strapped to the van.
Our tires swallowing lines as we make the late push for the north woods.
August heat and memories drove us out of Omaha hours ago.
The Twins are on the radio, our two girls talking softly in the back seats.
My wife and I exchanging small talk and big eyes, while closer still, Our baby boy sleeps.
Thunderheads pile up in the eastern sky
Their peaks grow pink in the glow of green corn and a setting Iowa Sun.
I am half certain of the smell of a cigarette being smoked by the Soul of my father as he rides along with us, somewhere in this van,
Cheering, longing, hoping for us
As we speed north into the darkening night.
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campgirl
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Nelsonone - Awesome picture! When they say a picture is worth a 1000 words that's what they meant. I just can't put it all into words.
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bapabear
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Disappointment lake sunset.
There are so many beautiful pics when this topic comes up I love to see them.
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knothead180
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Lake Two Sunset. August, 2007
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Bearfoot
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Sunset on Insula (May 09) during my first solo.
Great photos everyone!
C
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snakecharmer
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OK Casey :)
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snakecharmer
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Sunset silhouettes ~ Lac La Croix
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kanoes
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awesome pic charmer! whos in the "railroad" hat?
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snakecharmer
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bapabear - that is just an incredible shot!
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mr.barley
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Kanoes and Snakecharmer,
That IS in fact me. However, I would not be caught dead in a railroad hat.
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ironmike
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Insula Sunset July 8, 2009 
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Mustang Sally
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"Time Slipping Away" Sawbill Lake (June-2009)
The perfect evening for the beginning of a great trip.
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Boppa
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 Morning begins on Gabbro Lake
Boppa
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uwmarchy
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"Sunset Reflection"
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MooseTrack
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somewhere fishing in the BW during sunset
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skidplate
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Sunrise on Little Gabbro 6-14-09 4:51am
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bear bait
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either Oyster Lake or Lake Agnes, can't remember which. 
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Rich Mahogony
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All of these pictures are amazing, only one gave goosebumps. Nelsonone, that is truly breathtaking. I love the ghostly pines in the background.
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ktoivola
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Crooked June 09
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mattmilleroutdoors
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sunset on agnes 2008. 
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gutmon
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nelsonone- I'm sorry for taking liberties with your photo, but I couldn't not show you after I did...it feels like it's a million years old- guess it is. 
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lostreef
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Kawishiwi River
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smb
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nelsonone
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gutmon- NP on the photo, I have never looked at this picture as a black and white. I think I may have to print one for my office to put next to the color one I have.
Thank you everybody for the kind words! This is one of my prize photos from all of my BWCA pictures that I have taken in the last 15 years. I hope there are many more to come.
The pictures in this month are all so perfect, I am glad that I am not a judge it would be hard for me to pick any one of these.
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gutmon
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Nelsonone- that is one fantastic shot! I thought it was a double exposure at first but then realized I was seeing the trees in the background through the fog. Very nice!
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mr.barley
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nelsonone,
Simply an awesome shot. If I had a vote, you'd get it no question.
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HighPlainsDrifter
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Sunrise Karl Lake
September 17, 2008
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farmer II
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South Arm of Knife Lake Aug 08 
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ChadLeo
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Skidplate nice shot. We had the same cloud structure on Kawishiwi Lake that very morning. I got a really nice shot of it as well.
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adam
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The winner of the July photo contest is Spartan2! A very tough month to vote as the sunset/sunrises theme tends to be. I am sure we will see a number of the entries in the year end contest.
The trip report contest winners is dan1523!
The extra hat goes to twincy.
Thank you everyone for sharing such great photos and trip reports!
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nelsonone
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Congrats Spartan2! Very Nice Shot.
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Basspro69
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Amazing pictures everyone, they're going to have a very difficult time choosing a winner from all those great photos. Those pictures are what I imagine heaven looks like !!
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buttercup
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 Sunrise-Lake Saganaga 06-01-09
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airmorse
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Lady Boot Bay.
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Navigator
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Sunset on Little Saganaga, BWCA, June 2009 
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kanoes
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two posts wont help tom. :)
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Knoozer
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View from my hammock as I woke up overlooking Malberg Lake, June 15, 2009. 
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Beemer01
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Bonus points for having a BWCA.com sticker on the canoe? :-)
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ozarkpaddler
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May 2009 East Pike. TW 
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ellroy2
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June 2008 Beth Lake
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NorthWoodsDreamer
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Wow! Great pictures. Ellroy2 - that is an awesome shot!
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Navigator
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Navigator
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Opps!
Your post says Oct 2009?? Posting something that hasn't happened yet also won't help :)
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fishguts
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Suzanette
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Mickeal
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Sunrise on Rush Lake
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woodpecker
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Upper Pauness June 11, 2009 
Woodpecker
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white80a
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sept 08 insula , the morning we left good thing for gps
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rkylake
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This was taken from the Wink Lake campsite overlook.
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jamotrade
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Isabella Lake 6/11/09 
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L.T.sully
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Meeds Lake July 2008 
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uberben
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moose plums
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Sunrise on Missing Link 
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whiteh20
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Larch Lake 2008
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Corsair
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Friday the 10th of this year.
Horseshoe Lake Sunset
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nelsonone
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GutMon, send me your email so I can get your address and I will send you a 5x7 signed.
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dave111
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East Bearskin Aug 08 
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bapabear
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I keep getting drawn back to look through these pictures. They are incredible. I wish my one and only trip for the year wasn't over already so I could be seeing a few more of these in person. Good luck judges.
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ChadLeo
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Beautiful shots everyone!
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bapabear
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Congratulations winners! I like the calendar idea, but now a question.....which twelve to pick from among so many??
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gutmon
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How about I print two and send both to you? If you could sign one and send it back I would love to have one in my office as well. (good to have early stuff from people before they become famous...)
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dnehls
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Add a photo to this message please
"End to the prefect day"
Cummings lake
June 10 
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azondervan
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pmagoo7777
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Shell Lake 
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gutmon
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Skidplate- I think we have a winner. That is a beautiful shot!
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Kiporby
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Emerald Lake, May 2009
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bapabear
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I agree with gutmon - nice shot skidplate.
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satchmoa
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October sunset on Lake Three
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ducks
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Kawishiwi Lake June 2008
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firemed1916
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Lake Insula Sunset
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johanismyvzual57
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Sunset on Seagull Lake
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ducks
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Hey ChadLeo, I was in site #2 from June 11-14, 2009. Which site were you at? I probably talked to you. Just didn't know we were fellow bwca.comers. I met cowboymac that weekend also.
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mwd1976
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Sunrise Horsehoe Lake Oct 2008
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ducks
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ha ha, yep, that was us. My father in law asked you about the Jetta and ended up buying one that Monday right after we got home. I think you were his last bit of research. I should have worn my shirt too. I wore it there the year before and there weren't any other bwca.comers around. This year I don't wear it and the sites on both sides of me have bwca.com members.
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h20man
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This is a photo of the sunrise on Jordan Lake.
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ChadLeo
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Kawishiwi Lake Sunrise - June 13th, 2009
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apugarcia
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Bear Bait - that purple photo is awesome but if you can't remember where you took it, you're automatically disqualified :)
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eglath
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Not for the contest...just for fun...North Wilder Lake, May 2008
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nelsonone
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Earl-
I have a Canon Rebel 300d with a Sigma 28mm-300mm lens. That picture was shot at about 220mm. I use a Carbon fiber tripod with a standard run of the mill head. Some day I will upgrade (when I win the powerball)! :) Thank all of you for your kind remarks!
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apugarcia
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nelsonone, your picture is like, National Geographic, end-of-year best-of photography stuff. That's the best picture of the BW I've ever seen. The trees peeking through the fog in the background added to the mama and baby moose, I can't believe that picture is real. I'd love to hang that puppy on the wall as a 10x12.
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outdrs10
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 I wish I had gotten up about 5 minutes earlier.
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520eek
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Very nice nelsonone! Well done! I also would enjoy a print of that hanging on the wall!
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jtroeser
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saganagons 7/09
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dmr
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Hey Beemer,
Which lake did your picture come from? The campsite looks familiar, but I can't quite place it....
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joshawes
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Brule Lake
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Earl
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Stunning pictures.
Nelsonone - truly a winner, what's your camera?
Lostreef: love your pic too, more curious about what the hell's going on in your profile picture...?
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Vanny
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Post-storm sunset on Missing Link
June 2009
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airmorse
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Hope it's not too late. I'm sure not a winner but this was taken in 2008 on upper Pauness.
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CIIcanoe
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Middle Kilburn Lake, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
Chuck
CIIcanoe.com
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lmislinski
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Nelsonone - I think that is one of my favorite BWCA shots I've ever seen. Great job!
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smb
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Fourtown Sunset - July 2009
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Navigator
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I agree nojobro, there are some amazing shots here this month! I think Adam has lost his marbles picking this theme for the month, if not, he certainly will trying to pick a winner! Whomever it is, they should be proud to win amongst such strong competition!
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520eek
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Wow to purple bear bait! And farm paddler, that is a great shot!
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dpc1969anoka
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Sunrise on Lake Phoebe - Returning Rain To The Sky 
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bear bait
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apugarcia - haha, theres alway a catch:)
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pictureguy
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SUNRISE ON ALDER LAKE 2007 
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ChadLeo
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ducks, I was on site #1 from June 12th-14th with a blonde girl. I had the black VW Jetta, was that you I spoke to about Volkswagons? I should have worn my bwca.com shirt. Haha.
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ChadLeo
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Haha ducks, how random. That's great you're father in law joined the Jetta club!
Cool photo farmpaddler.
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farmpaddler
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Morning fog lifting on Clearwater, fall 2008. 
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mr.barley
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This thread is starting to look like a Terry Redlin gallery.
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nojobro
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There are so many gorgeous pics here there is no point in me entering with the hope of winning, but I'll enter anyway. ;-) I do not envy the judges...I don't know how I'd ever pick a favorite!
This picture was taken in June 1998, and I don't know exactly which lake but in the area of Horse Lake.
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finnbay
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Morning Coffee on Disappointment Lake. 
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Canoe Dude
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Iron Lake, early August 2006
(although i did win a hat for taking second place in one of the contests for this photo a year or two ago).
If that disqualifies it, I'll submit this one from Little Loon lake, July 2007: 
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jgregersen
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I'm glad I don't have to judge this catagory! What a bunch of beautiful pictures. I can't wait to get back up there.
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RoJoYo
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Polly Lake Sunset - May 2009
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Mustang Sally
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I agree with you Jgregersen. There are some great pictures for this month. Best of luck Judges!
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nelsonone
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Captured this on a early morning at Lake Phoebe. Watched this Moose and her young one for some time. This was a great first site to see when I walked out of the tent that morning.
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rlhedlund
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corrigan - glad you enjoyed the photo. This is the best group of shots I've seen by far. too many winners to pick one, or even ten.
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campgirl
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Basswood 2007 
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adam
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It is time to start the July 2009 Photo Contest.
The theme for this month's contest is "Sunsets and Sunrises".
Monthly Category: Pictures of Canoe Country Sunsets and Sunrises
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 July 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
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ILikePike
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Caribou Lake sunset after a storm August 2008
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thecanoeman
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Sunset on Lynx lake June 2009 
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kanoes
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dawn on weird lake. october, 2008 
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lmislinski
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ozark - love the colors.
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mhclon
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 Getting ready for a soak and a cocktail on Little Crab.
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lmislinski
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Great shot ellroy2!
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apugarcia
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Sunrise over Crooked Lake, Friday Bay, Sept. 2008
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Blackstick
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Beaverhouse Lake 
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bowpaddle
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Sunrise on Insula, June 2006
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mcsweem
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Birch lake June 10th 2009 
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QPassage
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Kawnipi Lake not far from the portage to Montgomery Lake
qp
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dalet
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 Sunset on Basswood lake Sept 08
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mr.barley
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Lake Agnes sunset 
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luv2pack
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Sunset on Fourtown 
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Lemieux
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 Sunset on Oyster June 09
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apugarcia
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Looking at this pics, and I realize that I cannot WAIT to get back to the BW!!!!!!
Going in Labor Day.
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EricL
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We woke to this view on the first morning of our trip - on Crooked Lake. It was a perfectly quiet, still lake:
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nojobro
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I stand corrected. I didn't think it would be possible to pick one winner, and then I saw nelsonone's picture. It'd be great, like many on here, without the moose...but add the moose and it's absolutely fantastic. I hope I get to see something at least half as neat as that on my upcoming trip. Wow.
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lmislinski
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Ben - that's a great shot! It has that nostalgic look to it.
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gutmon
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Sunset on the Kawishiwi River, September 2005. There was a fire nearby, adding some great colors to the sky.
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Arkansas Man
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Sunset and a fool moon on Iron...
Bruce
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spankatolla
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Smoke Lake, July 2009 
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twincy
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Long time lurker, first time poster : ) I love this site!
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rlhedlund
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Sunset on Ogish, May 19, 2009
The actual sunset was behind me and reflected onto this thunderhead.
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Spartan2
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Clearwater Palisades at dawn, September 22, 2004 
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bdubber
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wetcanoedog
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sunset beams,crepuscular rays,at Snow Bay June 2009 
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lmislinski
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I've posted this photo in other threads before, but it's my favorite sunset photo due to the great memories of a perfect Labor Day weekend getaway it conjures.
Perent Lake 
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nakor
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Lunetta Lake. First night ever in the BWCA. 
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Jiimaan
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Fourtown Lake 2007 
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tony
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Tea time on Lake Two 
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edgeways
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South East Lac La Croix. July 4th weekend 2009 
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Grouseman
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Sunset on Smoke Lake in October of 2008
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snakecharmer
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Hahaha. That would be a certain home brewing expert you met at Wing Nite II.
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kanoes
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for some strange reason i recognize that hats profile! my bother inlaw worked for the milwaukee road for years, that must be why. LOL
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Ho Ho
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Sunset After the Storm, Moose Bay of Crooked Lake, August 2008
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SynisterParts
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stuart lake June 2009 
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lmislinski
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apu - great idea! What do you say Adam? A BWCA.com sunset calendar could be a great fund-raiser for the site...
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apugarcia
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Or a calendar with each month's winning pictures? I'd buy one.
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nojobro
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Has a winner been picked? Did I miss it while I was on my trip?
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airmorse
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Congrats to S2, Dan 1523, and Twincy.
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moose plums
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Congrats Spartan2! Nice photo...I love the Clearwater palisades!
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Spartan2
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Thank you. But I have to say, honestly, I would have picked yours, nelsonone. I think it is a true work of art.
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apugarcia
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Spartan2 with the upset!
You could make a 5-year calendar with photos from this thread.
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dmr
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Humbly submitted: 
Sunset on Lake Polly, July, 2006
Thanks for posting, everyone!
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Dennisal
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August 2008 - LAKE THREE
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