Here is some pics our trip thru Magnetwan Lake access#3;


Beaver sunning itself on Grassy Bay. It was not gnawing on any branches, it was just sitting there under the sun.


Unidentified bird soars overhead on Grassy Bay


Along the trail to Big Trout Lake


The sweet campsite on Shippagew Lake


Sunset on Shippagew Lake



Island vistas on Burntroot Lake


cabin remains at the old Barnet Depot on Burntroot Lake


Colours on White Trout Lake(Ranger cabin in the lower left of image)


Fall foliage


Along the Petawawa river, east of Daisy Lake



More photos and a brief text account can be found at my blog site(see link below).
A full blown trip-log will come early in the new year(Honest!)
Cheers



Mark Rubino
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Wow...great pics Markus!

So,,,campsites on Ship and WT open to use and were nice as I said?

Great that you got the hear the moose...it is something else to hear.

Can't wait now for our North end trip now!

cheers

Mike B

Hey Markus what kind of lens are you using for those? The one of the hawk looks great how did you zoom in so much ? Must be a good zoom lens.

Either way love the water one too, what was the length of the exposure that you used?

Thanks

Hi Mike,

Didn't see anyone on Shippagew or WT for the two days that we were on both lakes...awesome!
Not one canoe...nothing!

Yeah I read that Russ guy's trip-log as I was planning the same route, sorta.
The site on WT is nice, but had an over-used look about it. No firewood, went to the mainland and scored large(As always)

Yeah looking forward to the north trip...gonna bring my tripod this time.

Andrei, I used my 90-150mm lens for the bird zoom(which was cropped btw). equivalent to an 180-300mm by 35mm standards. The lens is nothing spectacular, it is ok.
Ask Barry, Tomek, or Steve Elms what they use...they've all got "Wow" equipment. Makes me envious!

For the water shot: focal length was 45mm, Exposure was Manual, f/5.6, 10/20 sec. ISO 100, with a polarizing filter. Normally I'd use a ND filter(drop it down 2 f stops), but forgot to bring it.

For the bird: focal length was 150mm, Exposure was sport setting(biased towards DOF), f/5.6, 1/800 sec. ISO 100, with just a UV filter.



here's another(not so good)one of the bird,





Mark Rubino
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The not so good photo as you said of the bird could be
mistaken for the new stealth fighter with the bow sprit of a bird


Awesome photos and you are one lucky dude to have
traversed Big Trout albeit you didn't camp there
at what I believe is the greatest lake in the park ( in case you didn't know )

and Happy belated BD

Trippin in the park is a great way to celebrate ones birthday !





*Rac n*

Beautiful pictures as usual, Mark. It looks like you were graced with some spectacular weather along the way and the wildlife was plentiful. Consider yourself fortunate for having the access and skills to get to and capture those sights!

PaPaddler

At first I thought it was a vulture, after that a falcon but nope... I dont think it either of the two.
Very nice photos... dont you love when the light is right and the colors cooperate?
Thanx for sharing.

Thanks dooods.

I agree Tomek. Actually call me crazy, but i think it might be an owl, at the same time though, i think it might have too much beak for an owl.
I don't know. I'm rather poor at being a 'birder' if ya will. This trip was real exciting because of the lack of people and the amount of wildlife activity...would love to do it again and again!

anyhoo here is the rest of the pics I took of the bird.

The first one was out of focus, but you can see if it was, it would've been real nice with the colours in the backgorund;





I sharpened this image a little bit







Mark Rubino
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That is not an owl. It is either a hawk or a falcon. By the tail it sure looks like a falcon. It's hard to get as sense of scale in the photos but it could be a peregrine.

ok thanks Mel.
Yeah sorry about that, wish i had a bigger zooom.

Cheers



Mark Rubino
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it's a juvenile Northern Harrier (Circus Cyaneus)

+1 on EGB, Northern Harrier, white rump is a dead give away, shallow v-shaped wing pattern, also flight pattern. flap, flap, flap, glide... flap, flap, flap, glide...

Ah, Yes
Sparrow Hawk, Pigeon Hawk and Marsh Hawk (erroniously called that) are actually falcons: Kestrel, Merlin and Harrier

Harriers are not members of the family Falconidae.

great pics! Thanks for sharing!

www.elmsphotography.ca

Wonderful picts Markus, I especially appreciate the beaver one. They don't photograph too easily and generally take off before picture range or don't come out til low-light/nite. That rodent u shot certainly has an interesting expression, lol.

Great pictures there. The beaver pic particularly is outstanding.

That beaver sure looks to be ready for winter!!
LeoV

Thanks for the bird ID guys. We also happened to see a Bald Eagle too.
I was surprised to see that Beaver sitting there. I spotted the fella quite a long way off, as it looked out of place(not a stump, and the colour was all wrong), As we got closer, I couldn't believe my eyes, he was just sitting there(soaking up the sun?). What was even more astonishing was that in the previous 5 minutes we had spotted 3 more beavers and 4 otters too. This was around 11 in the morning...unusual to see so many beavers out and about at that time of day(IMHO)

Looking forward to this weekend's trip, never been to Maple Creek/Lake in the fall...



Mark Rubino
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