Fall Boundary Waters Trip

We had an awesome trip to the Boundary Waters last week! I blogged about it for Wisconsin Outdoor Fun here.

I didn't set these up. I made on cast with the fishing pole and immediately got it caught. So Dan went out and un-caught it for me. And that is all I fished. But the light was perfect so I took a lot more pictures.

Frosty grass.

Our home away from home. Shortly after this I slipped into the lake. Sad. It was cold. But I recovered quickly with dry clothes and vigorous paddling.

Boundary Waters :: And more Holgas!

 Here is my final installment of Holgas from our trip to the Boundary Waters.

 Three Sisters island on Snowbank Lake. We camped on this island.

 Grass on the edge of the lake.

Birch Trees

The canoe in the morning.

Carrying through a portage.

Some rocks at the entrance of Snowbank Lake.

Reflections of the North Woods in the Lake

BWCA Holga

I got my Holgas back from the developer today from the Boundary Waters trip. When I get time I will put a bunch up (I scanned a lot) but for now here is just one!

The Lake

Boundary Waters Continued

I had some time to finally edit photos from the trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. These photos were all taken with my 40 D and a 14mm lens. As we left town, I went to take a photo with my  28-70 mm lens and it fell off my camera in my hand. Apparently the lens broke from the rear component when my backpack took a tumble. I freaked out because I couldn't remove the latching element from my camera. But it worked out and I got it off. But all these photos are with a fish-eye on my cropped camera. Lots of lens flares and such....

The trusty aluminum canoe. We took this last time to the Boundary Waters. It is pretty heavy, but you can run it into rocks without worrying.

We made friends with the gray jays. They say on our hands and ate cookies.

Lots of portaging, 13 to be exact. I know this photo has a weird or no focus and is blown-out at the top, but I like it.

We fished a lot, but didn't catch anything. Not even any bits. Dang. No Walleye for us!

Grass and sun. There was a lot of this.

 

More canoe pictures. 

Canoeing into a lake on a beaver stream.

More Lakes

Paddling

Our final paddle through Snowbank Lake.

Starry night over Lake Disappointment. It was a new moon, so the stars were splendid each night. Photos don't really show much, but I have never taken photos of the stars before. I think this was about a 77 second exposure.

First Day of Summer

Today is the first day of summer! I celebrated the end of spring by mountain biking at Nine Mile and Levis this weekend, as well as taking my whitewater kayak out for the first time (ever!) on the Black River. I didn't flip and the rapids were much more manageable than I was imagined. Since I was busy with bikes and boats this weekend, I didn't get to take a lot of photos. I don't bring my camera into situations where it will most likely be damaged by water or by running into a tree.

Here are a few photos that say summer to me. They are from our trip last year to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota.

Sunset at our campsite on Knife Lake.

Paddling through the Boundary Waters. Dan made this paddle for my mom and I borrowed it for the trip. This could be pretty much any season, but it says summer to me because of the colors and the gold-ish light of the sun setting,

Piecing together panoramics

While in the San Juan Islands I tried to take photos in a row and then piece them together to make a panoramic.

I wouldn't say it is a complete fail, but the piecing together isn't exactly spot-on. I am not sure if I like it a little off or not. I scanned the individual images and then pieced them together in Photoshop. I with the color was more uniform between the photos, but the scans were all a little different.

This is a series of digital photos that I shot while in the Boundary Waters. I put them together in Photoshop to make the panoramic. I think this one works a bit better because it seems more cohesive. The waterfall one just seems a bit more haphazard. You really don't need to have a multiple image panoramic either of the waterfall. If I had shot a digital photo, I probably could have fit the whole fall in, they weren't that huge.

If anyone has tips about lining up photos, let me know! I always have mine tilted a bit off and then have to transform them in Photoshop so they are correct. I don't have much patience for that either.... I am just going to have to go with the photos being all a little off.