This Sunday post is all about star trails which I've gotten a bit obsessed about and a morning dove that was on my fence. The star trail picture you see with the clouds in the bottom left is taken over and hour and has some pictures removed as there was to much cloud. The way I take star trail pictures is that I set my camera up on a tripod and i get a remote shutter and lock that so it takes a photo every 30 seconds and then I leave and do other things. The star trail picture without the clouds is taken over a time period of one and a half hours. I combine all of the pictures I take in Photoshop and lighten them up. The dove was sitting on my fence when I let my dog out and I went and took a picture and that's about it.
My longest back country camping trip this year was into Algonquin Provincial Park. I went from September 16-19, 4 days and 3 nights. Originally my plan was to stay until the 20th but circumstances forced me to change my original route. Originally, I had planned on going from the Shall Lake Access Point(17) to Godda Lake for one night, then head down to Boot Lake for two nights, up to Booth Lake for one night, then home. However, during my first day, I realized that I had overestimated my capability to portage with a 75 pound canoe, and I had planned too long of a route. I altered my plans and instead spent two nights on Godda Lake and one night on Booth Lake. Day 1: I got to the access point at 11:10am and had everything unpacked and loaded into the canoe by 11:25am. I made my way through Farm Lake (which has super clear water) to the first portage into Kitty Lake. The portage was only 100M and was the first of the trip. It took 10 minutes to double carry. I was able to do t...
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