Beginnings/Recreation

A father teaches his son the art of fishing at Paper Goods Pond

Camera: EOS T3--one of the first photos taken with my new Tamron 18-270 lens: a new learing curve! Processing: PSE

Independence

A man teaches his grandson to fish--one more step on the boy's road to independence. The photo was taken with the Hipstamatic app and processed in FilmLab.

Fishing

A man spends a relaxing afternoon restfully fishing. The photo was taken with the Hipstamatic app and buffed up a bit in SwankoLab.

Dark

As night falls, a couple fishes at Paper Goods Pond. Taken with Hipstamatic, this iPhone photo was processed in SwankoLab.

July 18: One of the highlights of our Really Big Lake camping trip was a visit to Isle Royale National Park. Located out in Lake Superior, it is one of the least visited of the National Parks. More people go to Yellowstone in a day than go to Isle Royale in a year. One can only get there by boat or seaplane. At one end of the island, there's a lodge at which one can stay; but it's 4-6 hours by ferry to get there, and we just couldn't work it into our schedule. We took the ferry from Grand Portage to Windigo--2 1/2 hours each way, which allowed only a 2 1/2 hour stay on the island (one can camp, however, one needs to carry everything, and we just don't have that sort of equipment)--but at least we got out there. It's so silent and so deep. On the way back, the ferry passed this small fishing village. Dry Brush with Fade Vertical softens it into a painting.